Tenkara: Radically Simple, Ultralight Fly Fishing

Kelleher, Kevin; Ishimura, Misako

ISBN 10: 1493049070 / ISBN 13: 9781493049073

Published by Lyons Press, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tenkara: Radically Simple, Ultralight Fly Fishing
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1493049070
• ISBN 13: 9781493049073
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Fly fishing is complex and costly with too much cumbersome gear, right? Well, tenkara’s different. Long overlooked in the West, tenkara is economical and simple, productive, and pleasurable This Eastern approach is today taking the fly-fishing world in North America and Europe by storm. Its tool kit is simple: a long, collapsible rod; a length of line tied to the end of the rod; and a fly. Without a reel, casting techniques become easy and intuitive. The gear is inexpensive and easily portable, perfect for hiking and camping.

This pioneering book is an ideal guide to tenkara, covering the essentials of gear and rigging, the roots of tenkara, fishing dry flies as well as subsurface fishing and casting--as well as tenkara backpacking and tenkara for women. Tenkara has been the subject of features in Field & Stream, American Angler, and Fly, Rod & Reel magazines, and has been endorsed by the likes of Patagonia CEO and environmentalist Yvon Chouinard. Major retail outlets are now selling tenkara rods.

About the Author

Kevin C. Kelleher, MD, is a family physician, an adjunct professor of medicine, the author of a monthly medical advice column, and an award-winning painter. He is also a backpacker, canoeist, and tenkara devotee. 

Misako Ishimura, a top international fly-fishing competitor, was the charter director of the International Women Fly Fishers and the founder of World Fly Fishing of Japan.