Jason Sparks

Jason Sparks is the founder of Appalachian Tenkara Anglers. He established Tenkara Jam as the first multi-vendor educational exposition in North America. Jason developed the first state supported tenkara curriculum which he conducted for NC Wildlife Resource Commission. A former contributing editor for Tenkara Angler, he has also written articles in Blue Ridge Outdoors, Southern Trout, and Tenkara Talk. Jason is a Navy Veteran that has fished the world in waters from the Azores to the Appalachians.