Your Tenkara Experience
Trip reports, findings, events, and general experiences with tenkara fishing. Tell other tenkara enthusiasts about your tenkara experience
Outings and Gatherings
Going fishing? Take a tenkara angler Or take a western fly-angler, show them tenkara fly-fishing, and brag about how you caught 5x more fish than they did (if they didn't take your tenkara rod from you that is).
Tenkara International
ようこそ(yōkoso), Welcome, Benvenuti, Bienvenue, Willkommen, Velkommen, Bem-vindos, Welkom, Välkomna, Witamy.... Tenkara angling outside the US. Pecatori d'alla valsesiana and foreign languages welcomed.
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Last post by outdoor.mne Wed Nov 27, 2019 11:38 pm
About Tenkara
Tenkara is a new type of fishing to the US, and information (particularly in English) is sparse. This is the place to build a knowledge base of Tenkara.
77 Topics
491 Posts
Last post by outdoor.mne Sat Mar 21, 2020 12:56 am
Misc. Tenkara stuff
As we evolve, we'll break the topics into more specific categories. For now, miscellaneous will do.
Tenkara as a tool - Lakes, nymphing, etc.
A place to discuss techniques and rigging options for use in "non-mountain stream" areas such as lakes and warm-water areas, as well as non-traditional tenkara techniques such as nymphing.
Gear Maintenance
How to properly care and maintain the rod. <b>Rule #1- always push pieces straight in when closing the rod, NO SIDEWAY PRESSURE....</b>, etc.
Add-on gear
What are the other ESSENTIAL pieces of equipment you carry with you? How do you pack? How do you hold your gear while fishing? Fly boxes? Snips? you tell us.
Marketplace
No more need for your reel or western fly-rod? This is the place to dispose of it! If you're making unique tenkara gear PLEASE CONTACT US by email before posting! Sales of used Tenkara USA rods okay but not of other brands.
Environmental Conservation
Tenkara USA has pledged to donate at least 1% of its sales to support environmental conservation, particularly small-stream conservation. And, we'll give as much energy as we can in supporting the environment. This is a forum to discuss where we can have the biggest impact and to discuss what is going on so that we can participate and help out.
Regulations
Some states define fly-fishing as using a "fly-rod, fly-reel and flies". The use of a reel should not be a defining aspect of fly-fishing. This forum is a place to share information about how certain states define "fly-fishing" for the purpose of "fly-fishing only" waters. And, if you contact a state for clarification, how would they treat tenkara? (e.g. Connecticut defines fly-fishing as using "fly-reel", one of our users, Mr. Hackney, contacted the Connecticut authority for clarification, and they said Tenkara IS fly-fishing, see more in first post).
Backpacking & Cooking
Tenkara is a great type of fishing for backpacking and securing a meal when out in the woods. This forum discusses backpacking in general and how it relates ot tenkara: fish recipes, favorite spots, ultra-light backpacking
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