Everybody is in search of some simplicity in life, but perhaps nobody searches harder for it than the fly fisherman. So it's no small wonder why tenkara, the most simplistic form of fly-fishing, has ...

As entrancing and addictive as the sport of fly fishing can be, the very idea of it has the opposite effect on some people, who feel it’s too complicated, too technical and too difficult. Anyone ...

Fly-fishing aficionado and Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard leads a class of brand-new fly-fishermen (and women) in how to cast with the company’s Tenkara rod. I was 20 minutes late. Los Angeles ...

The Tenkara setup, Tofte says, is ideal for these intimate North Shore streams where there's little room for back-casts with a conventional fly rod and fly line. "I love traditional fly-fishing," ...

The place where Eric Tofte is fishing is improbably beautiful. He's a half-mile or so up a North Shore stream, well up the shore from Duluth. It's a tiny stream, just a couple of feet wide in places, ...

When Jason Konopinski gets into something, he really gets into it. That might explain why he owns six tenkara fly-fishing rods, at least two of which are in his car at any given time. Tenkara, an ...

Anglers interested in starting or upgrading their Tenkara fly fishing rod and reel may be interested in a new piece of kit launched via Kickstarter in the form of the Kita Japanese Tenkara fly fishing ...

In a sport as resistant to change as fly-fishing, tenkara is a revolution. Actually a counterrevolution, since its stripped-down, minimalist aesthetic harks back to the earliest days of angling with ...

Tenkara is a Japanese fly fishing that strips things down to their most simple. One fly. One rod. Sam Vanderbeek uses a Tenkara rod while fly-fishing in the Oregon coast range. All responsibility lies ...

ON THE KINNICKINNIC RIVER — Matt Shipp smacked the back of his neck. “More mayflies coming out,” he said, examining the mush that moments ago alighted on his flesh. “And some of them are really big.” ...