Happy Sunday! Hope you’re enjoying the long weekend if it applies. Did you survive the 4th of July? My neighborhood was lit up with fireworks last night to properly celebrate America’s 250th birthday. Honestly, I spent most of the day on the couch eating and watching more soccer (football?) than I have in my life. Hopefully our US national team makes us proud tomorrow night.
Anyway, let’s wade into those Riffles…
Hellbender Bass Fishin’
We’ve been getting a lot of inquiries about using tenkara rods to target warmwater species lately. ‘Tis the season I suppose. This new video from Next Level Angling uses a DRAGONtail Hellbender to go track down some smallmouth bass…
Tenkara USA Throwback Podcast
I recently was stuck in the car on a very long road trip, so I decided to toss on some of the old Tenkara USA Tenkara Cast podcasts and just let them play for a bit. This one about big rivers and long lines was quite enjoyable. Hope you find it so as well…
Genryu Izakaya
Some pretty amazing fishing paired with some epic camping and cooking are featured in the latest installment by Genryu Izakaya. These videos are so much fun to watch, and in this one they really catch some stellar fish…
Wasatch Shoutouts
Nathan from Wasatch Tenkara has been doing some fun things over on their social media. In this case, cracking open a beer (or a LaCroix) and calling out some notable customer achievements. We LOVE to see this kind of 1:1 interaction from tenkara brands…
Trout on the Move!
Not really tenkara, but Keegan released a fascinating video about a trout translocation project he assisted with outside of Los Angeles. I just love the style of this video – history, interviews, field reports. So well done…
A Tippet Cutter Fundraiser
Ben from Fixed Line Appalachia has a design idea for a new tippet cutter. One that stores those pesky little tag ends away securely until they’re ready for disposal. It’s pretty slick in concept. He’s started a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds to have CAD designs created and prototypes produced. Check it out if you’d like to support him on this journey…
Anchored Now on Video!
We featured the audio version of the April Vokey & Jonathan Antunez video in last month’s Sunday Riffles, but April released the video version a few days ago. If you didn’t listen already, or just want to see the video of them talking, it’s now available on YouTube…
Congrats on 11K
The Tenkara Anglers Facebook Group (no relation to Tenkara Angler) recently passed 11,000 members. That’s an incredible achievement. I know Facebook isn’t where the “cool kids” hang out these days, but if you’re interested in finding out almost anything tenkara related, the “search” function in that group is tremendous…
Tenkara Angler Article Roundup
Tenkara Angler was doing some content creation last week as well. First, we dropped our latest Level Line Podcast, Stirring the Tenkara Pot. We’ve got opinions, listen to a few. Then Amanda and friends are organizing a Women’s Tenkara Campout. Details and a short poll are in the post. Finally, Mike wrote a trip report where he tried to make the most of a Saturday in North Carolina.
Stirring the Tenkara Pot – Episode 36 Level Line Podcast
We released our latest podcast a week early! Figured with all the upcoming 4th of July travels and long weekends, it may…
Women’s Tenkara Camp Out – Looking For Your Feedback
OVERVIEW:When: September 10-13th (Thursday – Sunday)Where: Camping – Kuykendall Group Campsite, Brevard, North Carolina On-Stream Education – Tuxedo Falls in collaboration with…
One Day in the Mountains
I recently took a trip to western North Carolina in search of something. Fish, sure… but perhaps something a little bit more.…
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