Happy Sunday! Well, that’s July in the books. My own rod has mostly stayed in the corner this stretch, but between the backpacking trips, the New Mexico campout, and everybody’s streamside photo dumps, I’ve been getting my fix vicariously through all of you. Honestly, that’s most of the fun of putting this thing together each week.
Anyway, let’s wade into those Riffles…
High Desert Campout, In the Books
Rocky MTN Tenkara hosted their first-ever High Desert Tenkara Camp Out July 24th-27th up in Amole Canyon outside Taos, New Mexico, and by the looks of their recap post, it was a heck of a weekend. New anglers, good water, plenty of fish landed. Kevin and Casey are already talking about doing it again next year, so keep an ear out…
Registration is Open: Women’s Tenkara Gathering
Remember Amanda’s call for feedback on a women’s tenkara camp out back in July? Well, it’s official. Registration is now open for the first-ever Women’s Tenkara Gathering, hosted by Amanda and the Heritage Tenkara Project, September 10th-13th at Kuykendall Group Campground in Brevard, NC. Tenkara-curious, beginner, or seasoned, all are welcome. Grab your spot…
Teaching Someone Their First Cast
There’s something great about watching someone else catch their first fish on a tenkara rod, and Tenkara Addict captured exactly that in this new video, taking a break from a backpacking trip to put a rod in his buddy’s hands at a high-altitude Nevada lake…
Putting the INYO Through Its Paces
Skiddy Fishing got his hands on the INYO from Keiryu Rod Co. and put together a solid first impressions video. His take: not quite your everyday keiryu rod, not quite your everyday tenkara rod either, but a nice blend of the two…
New Hampshire Brookies
MostlyTenkara is a few videos deep into a series on what he’s calling his new favorite tenkara stream, and Part 2 out of New Hampshire is worth the watch. Small fish, gorgeous water, exactly the kind of stuff that makes native brookie water so addicting…
Driftless Brookies, Too
Not to be outdone, Tenkara Genki posted this one out of the Wisconsin Driftless, working a tiny creek with the TAO Driftless rod and finding some surprisingly chunky brook trout for the size of the water…
A Bluegill Worth Celebrating
Over on the r/Tenkara subreddit, u/mouse_is_sleeping posted their very first fish ever, a scrappy little bluegill, and the comments section did exactly what a good community should do. This is the stuff that keeps us all doing this…
Snack Break, Streamside
Also from the subreddit, u/xenoslab28 shared this gem of wild raspberries and a rod tip sharing the same palm. Simple pleasures. This is the tenkara lifestyle in one photo…
First Fish, Solo, Overnight
Liam O’Melia popped up in our search with this one, documenting his first fish ever caught on tenkara during a solo overnight backpacking trip. Nothing like getting skunk-free out there all by yourself…
AirStage Getting Put to Work
New School Tenkara spent an outing running the Nissin AirStage through its paces alongside a buddy and called it a super fun rod. Always good to see anglers getting real stream time with JDM tenkara rods…
Tenkara Angler Article Roundup
We’ve been a little quiet on new posts the last couple weeks, but not without reason. We’ve got some BIG things going on in the next month we’re preparing for. In the meantime, Amanda gave her evaluation of a new rain jacket, Devin did a deep dive on weighted kebari, and Fred gave us an overview on how he fishes his tenkara rods from his kayak. All worth catching up on if you haven’t read them already…
Piscifun Waterproof Fishing Jacket Gear Review
Reading my email back in April of this year, I was excited to learn that Tenkara Angler had been invited by Piscifun…
What Makes Tenkara Kebari Worth Their Weight?
Article by Devin McPhillips What defines the boundary between weighted and unweighted kebari? They may share a prominent hackle, but they are…
Fixed Line Fishing From a Kayak
Article by Fred Church Kayak fishing has become a revolution. Everywhere you look are people fishing from basic big-box store kayaks to…
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