Tenkara Presentations: The Leisenring Lift 

The Leisenring Lift is a fly fishing presentation technique that’s been around for ages. It is not a Japanese or tenkara technique but rather one that was developed for use on the rod and reel. It just happens to lend itself to tenkara and Sakas Kebaris. The “Lift” goes back…

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Tenkara Presentations: The Dead Drift Explained

Zen Tenkara is often associated with extreme tenkara fishing, saltwater tenkara fishing and big fish on tenkara but at the heart of our company is traditional tenkara that targets trout in the crystal clear mountain streams of Colorado. While we design rods for big fish hunting, we also design rods…

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Why Did I Get Into Tying Flies?

Posted by Michael McFarland on May 01, 2016 Why did I get into tying my own flies? When I look around my tying area at all of the materials I have collected, the tools I have acquired, and the time I have dedicated to staring at my vise, this question…

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