When you're on a road trip, you don't always have room to pack your traditional fishing gear, or you might drive past a beautiful stretch of water that looks perfect for a cast. That’s where a tenkara ...

When an angler hooks into a large fish, it’s exciting to see and hear the fish take out line as it battles to get off the hook. But what if you don’t have a reel on your rod that allows the fish to ...

When you're backpacking or camping, it's always fun to spend some time relaxing on the water trying to reel in a fish. What's not fun is trying to pack a traditional rod and reel with all your other ...

The clear water of Quartz Creek runs over my wading boots, the Alaska sun bright in a sky of crystal blue. Mountains, impossibly green and rich from the long summer hours of daylight, chew the horizon ...

Tenkara tackle still makes people stare, but now it’s drawing stares on multiple continents. The telescoping, 12-foot fly rods with 13-foot lines affixed to their tips — no reels, no guides — have ...

Originating in Japan, tenkara simplifies fishing by foregoing a reel and relying on the rod and a single-length line to present the bait. Tenkara rods are collapsible, convenient, and portable, ...

Recently, some friends and I decided to make the trip up for some spring snowboarding at Mammoth Mountain. Given the nice weather, however, I was hoping to squeeze in a bit of fishing along Highway ...