Tenkara rods are a modern take on a traditional form of Japanese fly fishing. The entire system consists of a long rod, a leader, tippet, and a fly. In many aspects, it embodies the purest form of ...

New and interesting places to fish are not really hard to find. New and interesting ways to fish, especially fly-fish, on the other hand are somewhat hard to find. A while back I read an article in ...

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — Everything about Tenkara fishing says “small” — a skinny pole with a short line to seek pan-sized fish in tiny creeks. So naturally, when Missoula resident Pat Ortmeyer tied into a ...

Tenkara tackle still makes people stare, but now it’s drawing stares on multiple continents. The telescoping, 12-foot fly rods with 13-foot lines affixed to their tips — no reels, no guides — have ...

While I enjoy tenkara angling, particularly on small water, I tend to stick with traditional fly gear most of the time — I like the casting aspect of fly fishing too much to devote more than just a ...

It’s how Izaak Walton fished, and the samurai, too: a tapered line affixed to the tip of a long, limber rod, with a floating or sunken fly dropped, dapped or drifted through the nooks and crannies of ...

In the beginning, I had a classic Zebco 202 spin-cast combo, and it was good. At least, good enough for 5-year-old me. But I've owned many types of fishing rods since I was a freckle-faced boy who ...

When you're backpacking or camping, it's always fun to spend some time relaxing on the water trying to reel in a fish. What's not fun is trying to pack a traditional rod and reel with all your other ...