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Some Fishing and Some Reviews (Tenkara rod, tenkara line, boots, flies)

Anthony Naples — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:46:05 +0000

This past Sunday my father and I hit Yellow Creek in Bedford County Pennsylvania for some trout fishing. We considered a trip for Lake Erie steelhead but I was anxious to try out the new AMAGO tenkara rod from Tenkara USA. Also, wanted to give the new Tenkara USA 13-ft traditional line a workout, try [...]

A Little Small Stream Tenkara (very little)

Anthony Naples — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:20:57 +0000

A little while ago I headed to a small stream in my little corner of the world (Southwestern Pennsylvania). This brook is a vassal stream of the mighty Youghiogheny River. The Youghiogheny or Yough (pronounced Yock) begins in West Virgina then flows north through western Maryland and continues northwesterly to join the Monongahela [...]

Tenkara Tuesday Guest Post Over @ Troutrageous!

Anthony Naples — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:42:23 +0000

The powers that be over at the Troutrageous! Blog have generously given me a place to make some noise about Tenkara in America (read it here) as a part of the Tenkara Tuesday series – go check it out and while you’re there spend some time reading all of the Tenkara Tuseday posts and the [...]

What is the state of American Tenkara?

Anthony Naples — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:19:51 +0000

I am sometimes attracted to something – to an image, a song, a phrase, even a word – and my mind rotates this thing around and around. I’ll find myself thinking about it all day long – maybe not always on the surface, but maybe buried under the day’s dust and detritus. At [...]

Tenkara Rocky Mountain National Park 2011 and some Tenkara Musings

Anthony Naples — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:19:00 +0000

Tenkara is not just a style of fly fishing, it is a way of life. Just like our musical or cultural interests inform our clothing and hairstyle choices (I’m still trying to forget about my 1980′s new wave hair style), so tenkara affects anglers. The tenkara angler has an extra spring in [...]

New Tenkara Site in Action: LearnTenkara

Anthony Naples — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:21:52 +0000

There’s a new tenkara site in operation – and so far, so good. Go check out LearnTenkara.com.

via tenkaratalk.com – Video: Underwater Comparison of Sakasa Kebari Hackle

Anthony Naples — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:43:59 +0000

Check out this video brought to you by the tenkara mastermind behind TenkaraTalk.com Video: Underwater Comparison of Sakasa Kebari Hackle.

Tenkara Updates From Japan

Anthony Naples — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:06:42 +0000

Amago: A little photo manipulation art that I did based on one of Daniel's photos

Tenkara USA founder Daniel W. Galhardo has been in Japan visiting with various Tenkara fishers there and studying tenkara, and well…fishing. He has been updating the Tenkara USA blog with dispatches from Japan, very interesting stuff. Based on [...]

Tenkara on the Fly blogger now a video star

Anthony Naples — Thu, 26 May 2011 18:51:57 +0000

Tenkara on the Fly blogger Karel Lansky is now a star of the small screen. A cool video has surfaced featured Karel tenkara fishing with Steve Schweitzer (author of Fly Fishing Guide to Rocky Mountain National Park – see my review here and check out Steve’s informative website).

Tenkara on Yellow Creek

Anthony Naples — Fri, 13 May 2011 14:42:44 +0000

Prior to the trip two days ago it had been a few weeks since I was last on the water. Things have finally settled down weather-wise a little bit. I know rain is a good thing for the most part, but the rain has made spring fishing a bit difficult here in PA [...]