The Jersey Angler

Tenkara has become my favorite way to fish for Crappie and other panfish.   I have converted one of my favorite, brightly colored soft ha...

The 2016 winter issue of Tenkara Magazine has hit the digital news stands.  It is a great read with over 100 pages of tenkara goodness.  Cov...

Grayling are a species of fish that have always intrigued me.  Usually associated with the far north and Europe, they are an exotic fish ...

During my recent trip to the Yellowstone area we spent an afternoon on a small, off the beaten track, piece of water. A short hike, ...

(Photo from Tenkara USA) I recently acquired a traditional Tenkara net from Tenkara U.S.A. Actually I received the net from my buddy R...

While I was out in Montana I experienced the misfortune of breaking the tip on one of my tenkara rods. No fault of the rod, just a bone hea...

Jason Klass from  Backpack Flyfishing  has posted a neat line holder for tenkara lines. Photo from backpackflyfishing.com I love the simp...

A good fish on Tenkara... We picked up a bunch of fish today plying the waters with tenkara rods and flies.  Landing fish in the 20" c...

I fished the Tenkara USA Ayu this week.  I took this 13' rod down to a local pond and had a blast tearing up the local panfish and bass ...

One of the things I like the most about Tenkara is the simplicity.  Rod, line and a handful of flies is all you need.  Over the winter I pi...

I saw this today and I have to share it.   Backpack Fly Fishing's tenkara leader management system is the best idea I have seen in a l...

The gills are on their beds, I'm on my way out the door to see if I can muster up some dinner.  Tenkara should be the perfect solution f...

I'm at a loss on this one.  I know it can be done but I am having a hard time doing it.  Yesterday's fishing was stellar,  lots of f...

I thought I would talk a little about the Tenkara rod I have been using for nymphing.  The rod is called the Yamame .  This rod is has the m...

I would like to describe the leader setup I am presently using for my Tenkara nymphing.  As I previously stated I first became interested in...

I have been playing around with several Tenkara rods for the last few weeks.  Since there has not been much dry fly activity going on (at le...

A friend of put up some video of nymphing with a Tenkara rod from a few weeks back.  I like how he gets me on film almost falling on my ass ...

A few weeks ago we tried to do a little early season nymphing using Tenkara rods. The stream we fished has some very good sized fish swimmi...

A good friend sent me this picture of some traditional Tenkara dry flies he tied.  Boy, they don't get any simpler than this.  Two mat...

Last night at a board meeting for Central Jersey Trout Unlimited a friend and I were explaining the Tenkara method of fly fishing and showin...