First Ever Episode of Tenkara in Focus Now Live!

Here it is, Season 1, Episode 1 of our MAJOR new project


How Can You Easily Multiply Your Success With Bead-head Nymphs?

It is prime nymph-fishing season right now.And, because there is quite a


Get your Fly Noticed: Popping Hackles

Tenkara “poppers”?Now there have been a few posts that touch on the


FIRST Notice: Our New YouTube Tenkara Journalism Project

Just like the hidden interior of the beautiful Japanese forest shrine in


Tenkara Rod Reviews: Top 10 Insider Tests for Rod Performance

Tenkara Rod Reviews: Essential DIY TestsWhat makes a great tenkara rod? How


What's the Link Between Organised Violence and Japanese Stream Types?

Surprisingly there is quite a good (but slightly left-field) link between Japanese


What are Gogi? And Why are they Important?

I BET you’ve never seen another one of these fish in the


Barcode Stealth Stress Kebari??

I had another (in an occasional but long-running series) great email conversation


Ashtapa-zuri 2 – what’s in a name?

Fly manipulation tactics for tenkara: Ashtapa-zuri (or “Pon Pon” as the onomatopoeia


Hypnotic Tenkara Fly Manipulation Technique

I shouldn’t give this one away…Not for free anyway!But John and I