Nice to meet you. I'm an immigrant from Japan to Canada. Recently, I've been thinking of resuming fly fishing after 35 years. (I was too busy make it new life in Canada) I've been watching various fishing videos and was surprised to see that Japanese tenkara fishing has become popular in North America. and I was very happy. I learned tenkara fishing from my father before I became a fly fisherman, and watching your video brought me back to my roots. I love simple fishing. I like to keep it simple, and when I fly fish in North America, I prefer to fish for small trout. I'm sure that tenkara fishing is the best choice for me. In your video, I felt a lot of respect for the nostalgic Japanese mountain streams, Japanese fishermen, and Japanese culture. Thank you for such a wonderful video. I hope that as many people as possible will be able to share the appeal of tenkara fishing. Once again, thank you very much. From B.C. Canada

Good video. The only thing, that I would add, is to make sure you wet your hands, before ever holding, or touching, your catch . It helps maintain the protective slime, on the fish.

Beginner here and this video answered every question I had. Thank you for such an informative guide!

If you Brook Trout fish in small streams this is the ticket. Half of the adventure is exploring, the other getting the fly in very close quarters. This makes both much more enjoyable.

I was just introducing a friend to Tenkara. This complete guide arrives just on time. Thank you Daniel and TenkaraUSA

I am a fly fisherman, who was having a hard time wrapping my head around the exact setup for Tenkara. This is perfect, I am ready to go! Thank you! Great stream footage too in the video. All around a great video.

This is probably one of the best and most informative videos I’ve watched on fly fishing. Thank you

Great video! Look forward to more.

I just ordered my first rod from you as my birthday gift to myself. I’m glad this video came out as a starter for a beginner like me. Thank you.

Absolutely the best video on beginning tenkara Daniel! Can't wait for more like this.

Excellent overview. Thank you!

Rod/reel combo with fishing kit as an emergency setup kzfaq.infoUgkxntWMOZsO1Zfv-pdn_XuffEtNkTYAYu4Z recommend but started to use this every day. The rod is thick and seems durable. I keep it neatly tucked into a regular backpack all the time with my fishing gear, and can grab it anytime, put it on my back and go anywhere. I just read in another review that the rod length below the reel is adjustable as well, so I will try that too for even more portability. Probably the best setup I've ever owned. I lost the cap for the eyelets, but no big deal since I still have the black cloth sheath that came for the pole and I use that. Very portable and high quality.

Great video, the only thing I'd like to add, for beginners, is that if you are doing catch and release, or need to release a fish that isn't legal to keep cause of species or being too small or something, if you wet your hand before you touch the fish, it helps protect the layer of slime on the fish, that is critical for the fishes survival. It protects the fish from water born pathogens, and helps it move through the water efficiently, saving energy and increasing the survival rate of the fish. When I was a kid in the 80's and 90's, we used to swim around popular fishing spots, and scrounge fishing line and lures that had been snagged and left by other fishermen. We would also use huckleberries we picked as artificial salmon eggs, using sticks cut on location for a pole, to tie our scrounged line to, essentially making a tenkara style rod. Life is so complicated these days, I think we are all looking for ways to slow down/simplify our lives, at least our entertainment, if we can't simplify our work lives.

Really nice reminder of best practices. Thank you.

Thorough and to the point. Thank you.

very informative ! Thank you ! I enjoyed it !!!

Really good video 👍. Nice, and clean presentation, and easy to understand. That's how it's done. 👍👍

Excellent video. Never thought about trying this method, but I'm always up for something new. Going to start looking for a rod soon.

Phenomenal guide! This is all you need to get started and have lots of fun. There really isn’t much more to know in order to tenkara.

Excellent. Thank you!

Great lessons. Great lessons.

Brilliant explanation and introduction...

I've been wanting this info for a long time. Not sure why I'm just now researching. Thank you for such a detailed series without excess.

I'm looking at trying this. Thank you for all this information in one spot. Outstanding presentation.

Great info, thanks for taking the time to help us learn. I’ve never tried it before so it’s something I hope to do soon. I love fishing, it’s so rewarding and fun!

Nice. I have done every other kind of fishing. Finally ready to get into fly fishing. Tenkara will be my starting point

Thanks for the information it answered all my questions

Excellent video

Best Basic Instruction Video on KZfaq

Great video Simple love fishing with my Tenkara

Excellent video and instructor.

I now wanna try it as the simplicity of it really attracts me. Thanks

Muito bem Daniel, gostei demais das técnicas de tenkara que você apresentou neste vídeo. Obrigado pelo seu trabalho em nos ensinar!!!

Can’t wait to get one of theses.

Really fantastic video! I am switching over from fly fishing to Tenkara due to the amount of small stream access I have in the mountains this helped a lot looking forward to heading up the stream in a couple days

This was great. I placed my order today.

私の1911年生まれの祖父も山猟師でテンカラの名人だった。私も逆毛針の巻き方や色々教わった。日本古来の伝統的な釣りですね。 逆毛針はキジの毛と鴨の毛で昔はハリスに馬の毛を使っていたらしいです。

Thank you so much for this, I am going to give this a try while living in Japan. Should be interesting.

Great video

Great informative video. Thank you. Also enjoyed Takenobu!

Excellent ! Thank you ! 🙂😎👍

Great video tks

I have never done Tenkara fishing. I have just got my rod, and I am excited to use it. Thank you for this VERY helpful video!

Excellent video very informative 😎

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Just bought a tenkara rod and fished it for the first time. Wish I'd watched this video first! Very informative, with clear instructions. Thanks! Those knots were just what I lacked.

Excellent video ! That's exactly what I was looking for. A comprehensive short but complete summary. Congratulations. What a shame it took me about a week to find it !

Thank you!!!😌

A friend just told me about the Kara fishing this morning and I had no idea what it was. Very cool! One day I’ll have to get a proper set up and try it myself.

Just got my Ito rod and headed up to the Conejos River in Colorado in a couple weeks to give it a try. Wish me luck!

Very interesting, in Italy there is a fishing sistem like that, "Valsesiana" in North and in Florence "Frusta toscana". The second maybe extint.

Props to you guys for featuring Takénobu in your vid

Nice tutorial. From Malaysia to try Tenkara Fishing as the age getting to old now. Thanks for the guide.

Thank you for the good video. I am one of the people who respect Mr. SEBATA, who is famous as "The old man who talks mountain rivers" in Japan. TENKARA and fly fishing seem to be similar, but quite different. TENKARA's greatest appeal is its portability, but it also makes the insects act as if they were alive. I'm trying to do something similar to Tenkara with a fly rod, but I still need to practice.

Panduan yang sangat berguna dan bermanfaat

Thank you for this. It helped me out alot with questions I had. It' also really nice to see all if this info in one spot without having to jump from video to video.

Simple and fun. It's like an old fashioned cane pole with fly line!

Nice video,

Thank you so good

Good stuff

Thanks!

Really great idea to have that place to store the rod cover.

These techniques can be done with a long fly rod, including dapping, where you only let the fly touch. Some stealth is involved. No tromping around like t-rex and keep your shadow off the water as much as you can. When comfortable, you can invest in the Tenkara rig. I learned some just using a bamboo pole as a kid.

Thanks for this all in one video. The only thing I found missing is the best time to catch fish. Season and hours. Thanks a lot. Me and my son will have a great time fishing.

I have been looking at these rods for a while now. Looks like it’s the Sato is my choice. Great instruction also. I fly fished for the first time last weekend. Now I want a Tenkara to keep in the truck for that spur of the moment fishing.

I love my Tenkara Rod.

yes!

My compliments to your graphic artist!

I intend to be a Tenkara fisherman soon. Now, I'm off to shop on your website.

nice video.

Oh.......upgraded and updated cane pole fishing! I've fished many streams, rivers, lakes and ponds with a cane pole over 50 years ago and still do it to this day for relaxation and fun.

Great intro video. So much information in a very compact and simple presentation; kinda like Tenkara!!! I appreciate the bit at the end on how to release the fish. I see guys putting fish in towels, using pliers to rip the flies out of he fish's mouth. Awesome video, hope to see you out there. Practice good stream etiquette and remember to pick your trash.

Интересное и информативное видео. Спасибо.

Im hooked

Thank you Daniel, I hope we can meet someday

I have a first season with tenkara. I very like it. Now i planning to bring in longer main line as experiment. Biggest fish for now - 0,7 kilograms chub.

Nice instructional vid. Thanks for all the tips!

I always tell beginner fly fishers, your number one job is to keep your fly out of the trees and bushes and don't tangle your line. Nothing will ruin a beginners day like spending all day dealing with snags and tangles and lost flies.

Oi Daniel, parabéns pelo rico conteúdo!! Aqui no Brasil, pesco com Tenkara, desde lambaris até Tilapias de 4kg! Muito eficiente e emocionante!

Wow thank you for sharing...actually I'm making may own tenkara for sea water fishing and I use ajing fishing rod to cast and I love using on it...

sure would like to try this spider rigging for crappie but with the ability to adjust length from 12 foot to eighteen foot and plenty of backbone

Grazie

Only learn about this style of fly fishing about a month ago. I see it similarly like euro nymphing

I just found my next bream pole!

Very informative video! However, I love to eat trout and release the little ones only!

this is a wonderful video, answered questions i didnt know i had, also what rod are you using in the video? I didnt catch a name

Great video, very helpful. One question I have that I have not seen anyone talk about is what should happen to the line when you cast. When I was fly fishing I would cast, then mend the line so it was in the water above the fly that was drifting down stream. In Tenkara when casting with furled line are you supposed to keep the furled line out of the water and only have the tippet and fly in the water?

I have just been introduced to this style of fishing this morning! My initial thought is that it looks a lot like euro nymphing, or tight line fly fishing. I’m wondering if you could have some success fishing with nymphs using this kind of set up. Any thoughts?

I need one

Brother, On episode 8 landing the fish: I find it easier doing a tai-chi method, where my dominant hand is holding the Tenkara rod with a controlled tension. My other hand has the net. So my dominant arm is in the air and my other hand holding the net is lowered. Think of an L pattern. I’m right-handed which is the vertical part of the L, whereas my left hand holding the net is the horizontal part of the L. As I bring the fish closer to me, my right arm is starting to raise up, my left hand holding the net stays horizontal the whole time. Thus I call it the Tai-chi L method

Was helping my mother in law clean out her garage a while back. She's from Japan. Found what turned out to be a Tenkara rod in the corner. It doesn't have a line on the end to tie to, it has a tiny eyelet epoxied(?) to the tip. Don't know if that's a repair or just the way it was made. Do you think I should tie my line directly to the eyelet or add one of those short pieces and then tie to that? Not sure what difference it would make. I'm itching to get out there after seeing this. Thanks.

Just got into fly fishing last year and I’m definitely going to add one of these to my collection. Just a random thought but does anyone know where I can get that shirt the man in the bamboo hat was wearing? I thought it was cool😁

This type of fishing looks to be very fun. I am limited to how I can fish and what rods I can use. What is the difference between Tinkara USA and buying them directly from China like Tinkara USA does? I would rather pay for the same Tenkara Rod at a fraction of the price than to over pay for the same product. 😮

This would Brilliant for my Bikepacking adventures if you ever need tester let me know

This technique appears to be only targeting rising fish, Are u able to use sink tips to allow for drifting deeper into the water column , say depths of 2-3ft ?

I can see you are very interested in Tenkara. My question is were you actively involved with traditional fly fishing before Tenkara or did you see something that made you aware of Tenkara and then you became interested if fly fishing?

Great way to fish Creeks. Any tying videos? Have caught fish behind exposed rocks hovering 2"-3" above the water.

Reminds me of a Bream Buster

Awaiting my first Tenkara rod right now, a Yari I ordered from Tenkara USA. At 76 years old, I have fly-fished since my first rod at the age of 12. I am a very proficient angler but that might work against me for a while. Tenkara seems to be a purist sport and I am sure I will commit acts of sacrilege. Can you recommend any material on Tenkara history, technique, and culture?

One question, what is the ideal length of this fishing rod? I want to try my place to find baby fish hampalla I am willing to answer