“Taking away the reel and line management aspect of fishing makes it really easy to learn,” says Drew Hollenback, president of Tenkara Rod Co. This simplicity means that anglers can focus on ...

Many traditional fly fishers are simplifying their angling and choosing the simple options that tenkara offers. Fishing with only a rod, a line, and a fly has its appeal. And no, it’s not “cane pole” ...

That’s why Tenkara has emerged as an alternative. This Japanese style of fly fishing is simplicity itself: there’s a telescopic rod, a line that fastens onto the tip of the rod, a small piece ...

With tenkara, only rod, line and fly are used. “I think when I discovered tenkara, it kind of seemed like fly-fishing was becoming frustrating. I had been fly-fishing for a long time and I was ...

The line was knotted at the very tip of the rod and formed a direct connection between her and the fish. That is the minimalist essence of tenkara, a form of traditional Japanese fly fishing that ...

Tenkara poles have a history for being used ... “It’s really intense,” he said about fighting large fish on a short line. “Once you have a decent size fish hooked, you’re going to ...

This is where tenkara really shines because it's portable and precise. Konopinski, of Hanover, says he can carry a rod, small fly box and a line with him on a hike. That way he can fish if he ...

Remember the cane pole of your childhood? No reel — just rod, line and fly? That’s tenkara. Except instead of flimsy bamboo you have an unimaginably light, durable, collapsible carbon fiber rod that ...