A Shoutout to Those That Do Cool Shit – Jonathan Antunez Time to award(?) another ASTTDSC mention. Today, it goes to friend of Troutrageous! and one of the most interesting anglers I know, Jonathan Antunez. To put it simply, Jonathan is a student of the game. And when I mean student, I mean someone who kind of zigs while others zag. While everyone's all about euronymphing and tossing streamers these days, Jonathan's pouring hours into reading books from the 17 & 1800s to gather nuggets of information that can help his fishing today.

A Shoutout to Those That Do Cool Shit - Jonathan Antunez
#flyfishing #flytying #tenkara

Sunday Morning Riffles – 4/12/2026 Happy Sunday! It's once again time to take a lap around the "Tenkaraverse", just like our Artemis II astronauts recently did the Moon. Hopefully this mission will encounter no communication blackouts (or toilet troubles) during our successful flightpath. Consider me your Victor Glover today, as I pilot you through this recap. Okay, enough of my Neil deGrasse Tyson-ing, let's fish those Riffles...

Sunday Morning Riffles - 4/12/2026
#tenkara #flyfishing #nasa

Rainbow Trout #2

Rainbow Trout #1

Steavenson River: Marysville Victoria.

A good day out. Didn't rain, (too much). #flyfishing #tenkara #reset

Exercise in Video Making Futility: Valley Creek Tenkara While I embed videos here all the freakin' time, it's rare that I post a fishing video of my own... or at least a video that I took more than 30 seconds to edit. Why?  Well, first, I mostly fish alone and I don't have the patience to set up the camera to get all cinematogramatic... second, editing video sucks... and three,  I'm not 

T! Throwback - Exercise in Video Making Futility: Valley Creek Tenkara
#tenkara #flyfishing #pennsylvania

2025 Western North Carolina Tenkara Campout Article by Justin Ide Located in the beautiful Pisgah National Forest in Brevard, North Carolina, the Davidson River Campground was the venue for the Western North Carolina Tenkara Campout, October 3rd to the 5th, 2025, and in all ways it was a resounding success. Victoria Smith and Ben Colonnese of Appalachian Tenkara Anglers were hosts this year, and Dr. Rob Worthing…

2025 Western North Carolina Tenkara Campout
Article by Justin Ide
#tenkara #flyfishing #campout

Woodcock Feathers for Fly Tying Kebari, Nymphs & Wet Flies Article by Steve Allen Late September of 2024 I traveled to Wisconsin to visit family and spend some time tenkara fishing. While camping in the Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest and fishing on the White River I met a local chap who came for spring water at the rest area where I was having lunch. We talked fishing and hunting and Andy offered to send me some bird wings at the end of the season.

Woodcock Feathers for Fly Tying Kebari, Nymphs & Wet Flies
Article by Steve Allen
#flytying #flyfishing #tenkara

Caught a nice little brook trout today on a dry fly, a CDC little black stone, size 16. This one is probably 2-3 years old given the faint, fading parr marks. #tenkara #flyfishing

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Demon's Game - The Oni School of Tenkara Fly Fishing with Rob Worthing
Episode 33: Level Line Podcast
#tenkara #flyfishing #podcast

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Nikko Headwaters Report – Spring Comes Slowly A week into the season, the crowds that descended on Nikko's streams for opening day have thinned out. Guide Takashi and a visiting angler from Australia made their way into the headwaters. The fishing was difficult, with a single rainbow trout landed, and a reminder that early season in the mountains asks for patience. The headwaters sit at elevation where spring arrives slowly.

Nikko Headwaters Report - Spring Comes Slowly
#tenkara #flyfishing #japan

Turning over a new leaf. Expect a lot of tenkara videos this year‼️

#poontown #bottledlightning #flyfishing #tenkara

The Flow-State of Casting Article by Charles Davis In tenkara we use a straight back-and-forth cast, but we can cast using circumduction. What’s circumduction? Circumduction is the movement of a human joint as it traces a circular motion. The motion can be demonstrated by the arm and/or the wrist for casting purposes. While the movement is not exact, it does follow a circular path. For example, if you were to draw an imaginary circle using only your wrist (pretend you’re holding an imaginary pen); it’s that circular motion that’s referred to in biomechanics as a circumduction movement.

The Flow-State of Casting
Article by Charles Davis
#tenkara #flyfishing #casting

Tenkara Secures $7M Funding to Revolutionize US Manufacturing Operations Tenkara, a company developing operational agents for US manufacturers, raised $7 million from True Ventures and other investors to enhance supply chain infrastructure.

Tenkara Secures $7M Funding to Revolutionize US Manufacturing Operations #USA #San_Francisco #True_Ventures #Tenkara #Benjamin_Stern

Tenkara Rods & the Bully Spider: A Perfect Match for Panfish Article by Ivan Zoot The match the hatch imperative of western fly fishing has been a buzzkill for casual participation if not a complete roadblock to enjoyment for many new to the sport. The “one fly” ethos that is a cornerstone of traditional tenkara has proven a liberating invitation into our tenkara culture. The traditional sakasa kebari has certainly landed more than its share of bluegill, but if there is an ideal fly for targeting panfish with tenkara rods, the…

Tenkara Rods & the Bully Spider: A Perfect Match for Panfish
Article by Ivan Zoot
#flyfishing #tenkara #bluegill

Nikko Streams Open: First Tenkara Report of the Season The wait is over. Fishing on the mountain streams of Nikko officially opened on March 21st, and tenkara angler Takashi Sakauchi wasted no time heading to a nearby stream on opening day to see what the season had in store. The early results were modest but promising: several yamame (cherry salmon) measuring around 15 cm, caught on tenkara in classic fashion.

Nikko Streams Open: First Tenkara Report of the Season
Article by Hiroyuki Ishii & Takashi Sakauchi
#tenkara #flyfishing #japan

The Tenkara Rod Co. Anytimer Kickstarter If you've been following Tenkara Rod Co. on social media, you may have already seen the buzz around their latest Kickstarter campaign. Following up last year's successful Backpackr campaign, the Idaho-based tenkara company is back with their 10th Kickstarter project. It's called the Anytimer, and the pitch is pretty straightforward: a fully functional 10-foot tenkara rod that collapses down to just 12 inches and weighs 1.8 oz.

The Tenkara Rod Co. Anytimer Kickstarter
#tenkara #flyfishing #tenkararod

Sanders Spider Flies Article by Sander van Dijk Here's a fly pattern that's as fun to tie as it is to fish and is surprisingly effective. The inspiration? Look no further than what's already happening right at the water's surface. Spiders are everywhere near water. They live in it, skate across it, and tumble onto it. That natural presence makes them an irresistible target for fish, and the Sanders Spider is designed to imitate just that.

Sanders Spider Flies
Article by Sander van Dijk

Here's a fly pattern that's as fun to tie as it is to fish and is surprisingly effective.
#flytying #flyfishing #tenkara

Rainbow trout

Rainbow trout

Rainbow trout

Rainbow trout

Boring trout photos. These fish were all quickly released. #tenkara #fixedlineangling

Logjam There was so much downed timber in the water, far more than I remember last summer. The big, heavy kind that isn't easy to navigate. You can't go around it, thanks to the thick rhododendron lining each bank. You just need to climb it and go over. Or under if there's enough clearance. Sometimes it wasn't even tree trunks impeding one's progress, a thick collection of dead branches served as a equally effective deterrent to upstream wading.

Logjam
Some days on the water feel less like fishing and more like an obstacle course.
#tenkara #flyfishing #trout

Monitoring the Pulse of the Driftless CRTU Stream Monitoring Program Needs our Help The Driftless Area of Wisconsin is home to some of the most unique and productive coldwater fisheries in the world. Characterized by its steep ridges and spring-fed coulees, this region provides the essential thermal conditions required for wild brook and brown trout to thrive. However, these delicate ecosystems face constant pressure from climate variability, land-use changes, and extreme weather events.

Monitoring the Pulse of the Driftless
CRTU Stream Monitoring Program Needs our Help!
#flyfishing #tenkara #wisconsin

Some Books to Inspire Tenkara Anglers ... if you culture a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted in pennies, you have bought a life -time of days.—Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek The tenkara angler enters into the flowing waters and wooded glens of the natural world, perhaps in an attempt to escape his or her own thoughts for a time.

Some Books to Inspire Tenkara Anglers
Article by Anthony Naples
#books #tenkara #flyfishing

Entrepreneur Benjamin Stern Secures $7M in Funding for Tenkara to Transform US Manufacturing Processes Benjamin Stern's Tenkara has successfully raised $7 million led by True Ventures, aiming to enhance operations for US manufacturers through innovative agents.

Entrepreneur Benjamin Stern Secures $7M in Funding for Tenkara to Transform US Manufacturing Processes #United_States #San_Francisco #True_Ventures #Tenkara #Benjamin_Stern

Can Fishing Save the World? On a recent Friday afternoon, the day before missiles and bombs of fear and anger started flailing, yet again, across the Middle East, I drove from my home in Wisconsin across the Mississippi River to the Driftless Area of Iowa. Time had come to stretch my legs and some of my tenkara rods. I drove a quiet back road, following one of my favorite streams, along an unfamiliar stretch I'd not fished before, reconnoitering.

Can Fishing Save the World?
Article by Bill Robichaud
#tenkara #flyfishing #iowa

A specked fish

A giant bluegill fish

A peaceful pond

A red slider turtle on a log in a pond

Urban pond fishing at a local bougie neighborhood. The bite has been on. Even if I’m casting for 30 minutes, it gives my brain the break I need. #tenkara #fixedlineangling

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Things I'm Reading - March 2026
Two books from friends - advanced tenkara fishing tactics & natural healing remedies worth your shelf space.
#tenkara #flyfishing #naturalremedies

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Silence That Seat Belt
Article by Tom Davis
#tenkara #flyfishing #truck

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Demon's Game: Rob Worthing's New Book Teaches the Oni School of Tenkara Fly Fishing
#tenkara #flyfishing #book

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This pool was so soothing. A great miniature in how to read water. A take a nearly every cast but just couldn’t get a fish on. #tenkara

A southern Appalachian native brook trout

Waterfall

Fern

A beautiful mountain stream

Unseasonably warm weather in western North Carolina last weekend. Catching little native brook trout is like herding cats. #tenkara #flyangling #nativefish

Tenkara Fishing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Level Line Podcast Ep 32 In Episode 32 of the Tenkara Angler Level Line Podcast Mike Agneta talks with special guest Kris Franqui and contributing editor Tom Davis about the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, including their favorite spots in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. Kris covers the massive Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, a paradise with over 300 fishable alpine lakes, many containing wild cutthroat, golden, rainbow, and brook trout. Tom then expands the discussion to the wider Yellowstone ecosystem, covering areas in western Wyoming and eastern Idaho, including the famous Snake, Green, and Madison River drainages, and the unique fluvial grayling of the Big Hole River in Montana.

Tenkara Fishing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Episode 32: Level Line Podcast
#tenkara #flyfishing #yellowstone

DRAGONtail Hydra 395 v2 Tenkara Rod Review Order the NEW Hydra 395 v2 Tenkara Rod at DRAGONtail Tenkara! From the introduction of tenkara to the USA zoom rods have been popular with anglers. The term "zoom" rod comes from Shimano and some of the multi-length rods designed by Dr. Hisao Ishigaki. In the USA, the triple zoom rod has without a doubt been the most popular iteration of the multi-length rod.

New DRAGONtail Hydra 395 v2 Tenkara Rod Review
Article by Tom Davis
#tenkara #flyfishing #gearreview