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Jun292011

Wet Wading Chacos

Wet Wading with Sandals

At the risk of sounding overly sentimental or cheesy, I’ll confess that I like wet wading because I feel that it gives me a better connection to the river and fish. I suppose I acquired this feeling a long time ago when I was fly fishing in the surf for Striped Bass and Bluefish in…

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Jun282011

Tenkara Level Line Braided Loop 1

A Streamilned Method to Attach a Loop to a Tenkara Level Line

If you’re like me, you dig level fluorocarbon lines for Tenkara fishing but miss the convenience of the girth hitch knot that the traditional furled lines offer.  Luckily, there’s a simple technique you can use to get all the benefits of fishing a level line with the convenience of the braided loop connection.  Here’s how……

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Jun262011

Bear_Creek_Tenkara_Outing

Tenkara on Bear Creek

The last three weekends, I’ve been hitting Bear creek at Lair O’ the Bear Campground.  The first trip was with a group Tenkara outing organized by Karel Lansky of the Tenkara on the Fly blog.  With a mix of new and experienced Tenkara anglers, this was a blast and we will be organizing more trips…

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Jun242011

tenkara fly

My Tenkara Story

  The picture above is the first Tenkara fly I ever fished and is the first fly I ever caught a fish with using a Tenkara rod.  It’s retired now and a little worse for wear with a tail missing and the dubbing roughed up.  But it sits on a shelf in my fly tying…

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Jun232011

How to Connect a Level Line to your Tenkara Rod

In my last post, I wrote about how to choose a tenkara fly line.  Many people had questions about how to attach a level line to their Tenkara fly rods so I thought it would be helpful to post a quick video on it so here it is.  I hope this helps: If you’re not…

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Jun192011

How to choose a tenkara line

How to Choose a Tenkara Line

  As Tenkara continues to gain momentum is the U.S., the number of choices in gear seems to have multiplied overnight.  In particular, many new line makers have appeared giving Tenkara anglers a wide range of choices in color, length, and tippet connection. A common question many people new to the sport have is which…

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Jun182011

Tenkara Addiction

You Know You’re a Tenkara Addict When…

  You know you’re a Tenkara addict when…   You can name more species of trout in Japanese than you can in English You wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat after having nightmares about losing your rod’s plug You feel personally insulted when someone refers to Tenkara as “dapping”…

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Jun132011

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Titanium Tenkara Net

Thom Darrah from TrailLite Designs has hit another home run for ultralight tenkara anglers and backpacking fly fishers. You may know Thom as the inventor of the Ebira Rod Quiver. Now, Thom has set his sites on nets and has designed what might just be the lightest fly fishing net in the world. The Ti…

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May302011

Suzumi Tenkara Rod

Suzumi Custom 32 Tenkara Rod

A friend of mine recently returned from Japan with a nice surprise for me:  a Suzumi Tenkara rod! The 10.5 foot (3.2 m) rod feels incredibly light in the hand despite the slightly heavy weight of 2.7 oz. weight.  I think this is because the rod is slightly stiffer than what I’m used to fishing…

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Mar272011

Tenkara Auction to Benefit Japan Relief Efforts

Tenkara USA is auctioning off the ultimate Tenkara outfit with proceeds to go directly to aid victims of the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan.  The auction was donated by Thom Darrah, inventor of the Ebira Rod Quiver and founder of TrailLite Designs and includes the following gear for a retail value of over $425: –…

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Mar172011

Bmboo Tenkara Rod

Bamboo “Tenkara” Rod

Today, I got something in the mail that has been in the works for months:  my bamboo tenkara rod.  A while back, I contacted Chuck Ledgerwood from Prize Catch Inc. and asked him if he could make me a tenkara-style rod in bamboo.  He was really enthusiastic about the project right from the start and…

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Mar12011

Tenkara Flies The Ninja's Victim

The Ninja’s Victim: a Sakasa Kebari Tenkara Fly

While I tend to prefer dry flies and don’t fish sinking flies much, I thought it would be fun to start experimenting with some reverse hackle Tenkara wet flies.  When I do fish wet flies, I usually want them to sink fast.  So, I’m playing around with some different ideas for Tenkara-style flies that use…

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Jason Klass is a former fly fishing guide & casting instructor based in Colorado. He was an early adopter of tenkara in the West and has been fishing the method for a variety of species since 2009. Read more >>

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