Tag Archives: tenkara fly fishing
Tenkara and the Single Fly Approach
ONE OF THE MOST APPEALING ASPECTS OF TENKARA FISHING IS THE CONCEPT OF USING ONLY A SINGLE FLY. For folks considering tenkara, this concept is likely THE most difficult to embrace- especially if they have a western fly fishing background. However, I like to say it...
Saturday Shoutout / All About Tenkara
IT'S TIME FOR SOME TENKARA I'm really excited about the positive response to the first article on G&G by Daniel Galhardo, founder of Tenkara USA. I'm excited to have him as part of the G&G family and you will be seeing more content from Daniel on...
Tenkara – Gear to Get Started
By Daniel Galhardo Several years ago while visiting Japan I was introduced to the traditional method of fly-fishing called tenkara. Fascinated by the history and simplicity of tenkara, I decided to introduce tenkara to the United States and founded Tenkara USA. In my view tenkara can be...
Tenkara, the new Bamboo
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...