Tenkara rods are a modern take on a traditional form of Japanese fly fishing. The entire system consists of a long rod, a leader, tippet, and a fly. In many aspects, it embodies the purest form of ...

Fly-fishing aficionado and Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard leads a class of brand-new fly-fishermen (and women) in how to cast with the company’s Tenkara rod. I was 20 minutes late. Los Angeles ...

The place where Eric Tofte is fishing is improbably beautiful. He's a half-mile or so up a North Shore stream, well up the shore from Duluth. It's a tiny stream, just a couple of feet wide in places, ...

Everybody is in search of some simplicity in life, but perhaps nobody searches harder for it than the fly fisherman. So it’s no small wonder why tenkara, the most simplistic form of fly-fishing, has ...

The delicate riffle flowed into a nestling pool shaded by a jungle of willow branches and grasses. With one precise flick, Jase Seekell, 13, dropped an elk-hair caddis into position, bringing a ...

Anglers interested in starting or upgrading their Tenkara fly fishing rod and reel may be interested in a new piece of kit launched via Kickstarter in the form of the Kita Japanese Tenkara fly fishing ...

A small portable and compact Japanese Tenkara Rod has been launched via Kickstarter this month in the form of the Yari. Offering a simplified flyfishing rod that can be used without the need for a ...

Tenkara curious? It’s OK. Many traditional fly fishers are simplifying their angling and choosing the simple options that tenkara offers. Fishing with only a rod, a line, and a fly has its appeal. And ...

Everybody is in search of some simplicity in life, but perhaps nobody searches harder for it than the fly fisherman. So it’s no small wonder why tenkara, the most simplistic form of fly-fishing, has ...