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Don’t Let Fly Tying Steal Your Joy and Hold You Back
I don’t want to get in trouble with the fly tying community. But fly tying is a potential road block to your fly fishing success. This isn’t news I reckon and it’s related to the […]
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Book: Simple Fly Fishing – Techniques for Tenkara and Rod & Reel
“Learning to fish with a tenkara rod and a short line is the easiest way to learn to fly-fish. It can be taught to an eight-year-old in minutes. Put her on a riffle with an […]
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Tenkara Tanuki Kickstarter for new Ninja Rod
My friend Luong Tam of Tenkara Tanuki rods has got a Kickstarter campaign going on for his new Tenkara Tanuki Ninja tenkara rod. I’ve been pretty impressed by all of the Tenkara Tanuki rods that […]
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Events: Midwest Tenkara Fest, Tenkara Jam and Tenkara Bug Out
First up is the Midwest Tenkara Fest. The Fest is being held on the weekend of May 20-21, 2017. This event is holds a special place in my heart. I’d started a series of annual […]
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A Trip, Looking Back and Memos to Self …
Finally got out for the first time in 2017 and it’s going on my 8th full season of fishing tenkara. Hard to believe really. Along the way I’ve made lots of good friends ( and […]
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New water and life lessons?
New water … exploring … sometimes it is the last thing that I want to hear. Time on the water can be precious and there are the tried and true streams that I know will […]
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Tenkara and Fly Fishing Reading: Online Mags
It’s been a while since I posted. I’ve been busy with loads of stuff. But I’ve got a minute or two now so I thought I’d sneak a quick post in. Well that fracking groundhog […]