What Every Fly Angler Can Learn From Tenkara

41 comments / Posted on January 30, 2021 / by Louis Cahill

I DIG MY TENKARA ROD AND I'M NOT ASHAMED OF IT. It seems like there are only two camps when it comes to fishing tenkara. Those who love it and those who hate it. I think the general sentiment of the haters was summed up pretty...

Fighting Big Fish on Tenkara Rods

15 comments / Posted on June 26, 2019 / by Louis Cahill

When I got my first tenkara, I couldn't wait to break it. The prevailing idea seemed, and still seams to be, that tenkara rods are for catching small fish. I took that as a challenge. I met Daniel Galhardo of Tenkara USA for a beer and...

Tenkara Fly-tying

2 comments / Posted on April 17, 2019 / by Louis Cahill

I initially got interested in fly-fishing because of flies and fly-tying. The idea of creating a lure using feathers and thread was very appealing to me. Before I ever got my first fly rod I probably tied well over 100 flies. Of course, I got indoctrinated...

Let It Ride

7 comments / Posted on March 6, 2019 / by Louis Cahill

By Daniel Galhardo DON’T RECAST YOUR FLY UNTIL IT’S HAD A CHANCE. It takes some time to learn how to read water well. But, at least when it comes to fishing mountain streams, the concept is easy to grasp: fish are looking for food and shelter, and...

Sunday Classic / Tenkara, the new Bamboo

1 comment / Posted on July 8, 2018 / by Louis Cahill

A GUEST POST BY TIM HARRIS OF NORTHWEST-TENKARA.COM Fly fishing began in both the west and east with a long supple rod, a fixed line, a leader and a fly. This is how Dame Juliana Berners, Issac Walton and Japanese commercial fisherman fished. Time went by and...