This is where you share your stories. Everybody has at least one. First trip, the one that got away, outfished your buddies, or just tips and tricks. Tell us yours.
Your thoughts and comments might be just what it takes to persuade another angler that tenkara is more than just an interesting idea. It's something they should really try for themselves.
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My daughter's first trout
I am new to Tenkara, though I have been western fly fishing for over 25 years. I have been impressed with the "uncluttered" technique of Tenkara and so ...
Utah Killer Bug Proves Itself on Yorkshire Grayling
Thanks Chris for the Utah Killer Bug yarn you sent as a free sample with my last order. I thought I should tie an actual Utah Killer Bug so I looked up ...
Amago, Iwana and horsehair line
Chris, just returned from my recent trip. I used the horse hair lines for my Amago and Iwana rods exclusively with great success. It was slightly windy,...
Tenkara Outfishes Bait!
In the UK many grayling anglers change from fly to bait fishing once the cool days of November arrive, resulting in a decline in the efficiency of fly ...
'TENKARA DAY' Derbyshire Wye
Well 'the fire' is spreading fast! Tenkara is really starting to 'take off' in the UK. As a committed tenkara convert, I was recently invited (with the ...
Extra Shock Absorbers & Light Tippet
I've been experimenting with additional shock absorbers when using light tippet (7x) & tiny flies (sizes 20 to 30 CdC midges & midge pupae) for fish in ...
Rive Alyn, North Wales
Had a day out on the Warrington Anglers stretch of the Alyn. As the trout season on rivers is over, I can now fish for Grayling all winter, but only on ...
U K - Upper Tees Tenkara Heaven
Sold on the principle of a simplified approach to fly fishing, I took the plunge and purchased a 12’ Iwana earlier this season.
My first outing with ...
Iwana on the River Calder
I took my Iwana on it's first visit to the River Calder, which flows of the Penines in Lancashire, England. The river was out of sorts and as I haven't ...
1st Tenkara Fish
I purchased a 12 foot Ebisu a little while ago from one of Tenkara USA's brick and morter dealers. Selecting it was fun since the Bay Area representative ...
Tenkara in Austria
As a tenkara convert of 9 months I decided to take my Amago to Austria. I already knew of the massive advantages of tenkara presentation in waters with ...
Breaking Down Mental Barriers with an 11' IWANA
This is a story I've been meaning to write for sometime, and after reading Chris's post about 'Rethinking Rod size', I was motivated to say the least.
I'...
THINGS YOU GOTTA DO SOMETIMES
This post is in addition to my previous submittal of "Small Stream Tenkara Adventures." (See other post). As I was typing in the story, I could see that ...
Fly Fishing and Freshwater Ecology Camp
Through Educational Recreational Adventures, a non-profit organization that I founded in 2003, I conducted a week-long Fly Fishing and Freshwater Ecology ...
Small Stream Tenkara Adventure
From Sept 6-10, 2011, I was able to get away for a 1300 mile round trip blitzkrieg fishing adventure. It also enabled me to catch, photograph and release ...
First trip with Tenkara on The R.Alyn, North Wales
Got my new rod, a 12ft Iwana and had a great day on my first trip. I soon got used to casting but our river is a bit overgrown as it does at the backend....
Tenkara on the River Calder UK
Over the last weekend I had an offer to fish the River Calder in Lancashire by a friend who had known about my Tenkara habit.
He told me not to bring ...
The Kebari Has Landed, Tenkara Guides LLC Is Up And Running
I just wanted to post up and formally introduce the Tenkara Guides crew to the TenkaraBum Blog. Together we are ERiK Ostrander, John Vetterli, and Rob ...
UK Tenkara Dry Fly Fishing
A while back I mentioned how impressed I was with tenkara for winter grayling in the extreme cold we had in the UK last winter. Well, now I've had time ...
Killer Strikes Again
I haven't changed flies in the last three trips. I'm not sure I still remember how to tie a clinch knot. Connected with this guy Saturday, on my way back ...
Still Killin' It
One of three browns (the biggest) that fell for a Killer Bug on a recent muggy day in the lower Hudson Valley.
Young Children as Tenkara Anglers
Staff of Educational Recreational Adventures has just completed our 4th week of Outdoor Adventure Camp with campers from 7-12 years old. One day was dedicated ...
Quick and easy!
Having a Tenkara rod always set up in the car is too easy! Everybody should have one. Stopped off at the Alyn on the way home from work. The rod had already ...
Welsh Tenkara Virgin
A work trip to South Wales gave me a chance to visit my brother. He is the reason I started fly fishing all those years ago. He has tried my tenkara rod ...
Tenkara grayling in the UK
I bought my first Tenkara rod, a 12' Iwana in late November 2010, just as we started with the worst winter in over 30 years. My first 2 sessions were on ...
A Tour of the Catskills
Woodland Valley Stream in New York is ideal tenkara water. A sunny afternoon in mid-July is not the ideal time to fish, but my buddy and I still managed ...
High Water
This story was submitted without a name. No reason to be shy, especially with a fish like that and the pics to prove it.
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I was fishing upper ...
Tenkara & Hi-Vis Orange vs Western
Just got back from fishing the Breitenbush River in Central Oregon. My sons, grandsons and son-in-law head up there every year while the women enjoy a ...
Tenkara Trailhead...
I recently purchased and tested two rods marketed as "tenkara" rods, sold by the same distributor and apparently made by the same manufacturer. You can ...
Top 10 Ways to Break a Tenkara Rod or Telescoping Fishing Pole
Top 10 Ways to Break a Tenkara Rod or Telescoping Fishing Pole
1. Connect the line to the lillian with the tip section of the rod with any part ...
Big Fish, Big River Tenkara
Chris --
First and foremost, thanks for the all the time you spend on your website. I find it to be an invaluable resource about the state of tenkara....
Clear Creek, Buffalo Wyoming
April 25th, 2011
I had the opportunity to finally use my recently purchased Tenkara gear. I was in Wyoming for family business and was able to sneak away for a day of Tenkara ...
Warm Water Tenkara: First Impressions
Two weeks ago I'd never heard of Tenkara.
Thought I'd share some of my rookie experience, meager as it is. My home water is a pond about ten miles ...
Second Time Fly Fishing
So my buddy, my brother and myself went down to the Arkansas river in Pueblo, CO for my second time fishing on a breezy day. My first day of fly fishing ...
My First Fish!!!
I bought the Iwana 12' rod not too long ago and some of your orange hi visibilty level line along with other essentials, and was ready to try fly fishing ...
First Tenkara Trip
I just want to say a big thanks to Chris once again for all of the help, advice, the flies and the lines. I got everything in a couple days ago and took ...
Putting my Gear Though its Paces
I've only had my Iwana rod 5 months and felt that I should put my gear though it's paces before I left any reviews or feedback. After today the rod, lines,...
2010 Tenkara Year In Review
I kept a log of my tenkara fishing during 2010 (my first year fishing this way), and after seeing our host's percentages of fish caught on different flies ...
Dry Flies in Late November
Another nice Sunday with the Ebisu, a level line, sunny weather with no wind and good hatches of various-sized midges. I caught a rainbow on a weighted,...
Some Tenkara Trip Thoughts
Last week we took a family vacation and spent a week at a house right on a section of Oak Creek in northern Arizona. Throughout the week I had a chance ...
Chasing Cutthroat with Tenkara
My friend Ari and I fished a number of small creeks in the Lewis River watershed in SW Washington. I had read about larger cutthroat that migrated from ...
First Tenkara Fishing Trip
Not only was this horsepack trip my first outing with my new Tenkara 12' Iwana, it was my oldest daughter's first true backcountry camping/fishing trip ...
Tenkara for Kids
Our non-profit organization, Educational Recreational Adventures, (www.edurecadv.org) has conducted three fly fishing camps and two outdoor adventure camps ...
Tenkara on Oak Creek
I was able to sneak away for half the day this past Saturday and go up to Oak Creek, near Sedona, AZ. Oak Creek is a beautiful place to fish, but can ...
Simple, pure, and deadly
Chris -
Here's a quick story:
My wife asked me minutes after I got home from a recent trip..."aren't you going to unload your gear? I want to drive ...
Pesca Alla Valsesiana
My name is Andrea and I live in Valsesia in northern Italy. In my valley (and only here in Italy!) we fish with a technique similar to tenkara but with ...
Tenkara Skeptic
Wow, what an elaborate website. It is very informative. I just can't see using a $150 "cane pole" to dab flies as being all that exciting. Simplicity ...
Ian Robertson Newton-Le-Willows
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Had another good day on the Alyn in North Wales catching Grayling but as we move into November they will vanish and go to the deep pools in the River Dee....
Low river levels in Wales
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30th of July and the weather is HOT! The river is really, really low! Again we are very short on time this weekend, working away from home in London all ...
South Platte River, Eleven Mile Canyon, Colorado
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My son and I just returned from a tenkara fishing/camping trip to the South Platte River below Eleven Mile reservoir. We camped in the Spillway camp ground ...
Twist of fate
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For the past couple of weeks I have been giving my brother grief over never seeing him catch a fish or have a picture of him catching a fish (of course ...
SF American River
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During the last week of September, I was able to day trip up to the SF American river and Rock Creek, a sweetheart of a little stream. Both rivers are ...
Kings Canyon National Park
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From Sept. 6th thru the 10th, I was able to camp and fish the beautiful SF Kings River inside and just outside the Park. This is a new river for me, and ...
First tenkara creek trip
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I took my first tenkara creek trip yesterday. I have played with the rod at a local lake a little bit, but no moving water until yesterday. My wife and ...
