Just like any prized equipment, if you want your tenkara rod to continue to perform and for it to last, yes, clean it! This explains how and why you should invest the small amount of time required, to keep your toys clean. Clean Your Rod! – Zen Tenkara
If starting out new to Tenkara or fishing in general, keeping things short and tight will make learning to cast and landing the fish in easier. In general match the length of your line to about the length of your tenkara rod. A 12ft tenkara rod pairs well with an…
Fly Stuck in a Bush or Tree? Best Practice for Removing it – Zen Tenkara
The Performance Tip fits the Taka, Suimenka, Sagi, Zako and the Suzume rods. It does not fit the Kyojin rod or the Hachi rod. The Performance Tip is a faster action tip for the Suzume, Zako, Sagi and Taka tenkara rods. The tip helps quicken hook sets, cast heavier flies,…
Zen Tenkara started the “Big Fish on Tenkara” craze and we designed the first “Big Fish Tenkara Rod”. Zen knows all the tricks. Here’s a few very quick tips but read these article to get a full understanding and improve your skill set. Be willing to move, no lead feet…
The Zako is a great rod that can handle a broad range of applications. The Grab-n-Go kit comes with a Hi-Vis Furled 11ft line. If you feel like this line is a little too short and a little too light, I would suggest trying one of our Zen Fusion Lines…
Yes we do ship internationally. You can go on our website and add items to your shopping cart them enter your address and country for an estimate of shipping costs – without having to finalize any purchase. Depending, sometimes we can obtain slightly better pricing using UPS. We also have…
Jst like regular fly rods, tenkara rods come in different lengths and “sizes” that lend themselves to different uses. When buying a tenkara rod, think about how and where you will be using it. Are you using it in rivers, small creeks, lake or ponds? What species of fish will…
Our All Purpose Floating Tenkara Lines come is 6 different lengths. Each proprietary line consists of: a welded and color-coded large connection loop for easy attachment with a girth hitch an eight inche Hi-Vis, bright orange sight/indicator section a small welded loop for loop-to-loop connection options a tippet ring on…
We have many customers who use our rods on these species. We recommend either the Taka Tenkara Rod or the Kyojin II Tenkara Rod. Carp are tremendous fun and we enjoy landing them on vanilla wooly buggers. Many customers in the Texas and Florida area land these species on our…
While we do not have a distributor or any retailers that currently carry our products in Canada, however we do ship internationally direct via USPS Priority or UPS. If you would like to find out shipping costs, simply add products to the shopping cart from the website then input your…
Shipping costs will vary depending on what you order and the shipping method you choose. If you begin an order on the website and enter your location – city and zip code, as well as shipping method. the website will provide you with estimated costs. That is the best way…
We have a number of customers that target striped bass with great success. Combining it with a kayak makes it really a ton of fun. We also have a lot of customers down south that target redfish from kayaks, also with great success. The rod we usually recommend for this…
The go-to line pairing for the Suzume Tenkara Rod is the All Purpose Tenkara Floating Line in the 11ft length. Most anglers who choose that rod are using it on smaller streams and creeks and are looking for a delicate presentation. The line is easy to cast and the 11ft…
Congrats on your new Kyojin II It’s an awesome rod but there are some specific things to know about it to avoid breaks. I have personally fished the rod for years now on both fresh and saltwater. I’ve done sockeye, silvers and chum salmon. Massive carp in Pathfinder reservoir, bonefish,…
This is extrememly rare but yes, it can be reattached. An epoxy works great but you can use a Gorilla Glue or Barge Cement which is waterproof. We can also ship you a replacement tip should this ever occur. Just provide us a picture and information on where and when…
Zen Tenkara rods are designed locally and manufactured for us overseas. A number of years ago we did attempt move manufacturing State side. We spent about 4 years rolling blanks in the US and struggled to “get it right”. It is such a different process then regular flyrods and even…
Zen Tenkara rods are high performance, strong rods. But exerience and skill still impact the various successes you can have on different tippet sizes. This is a general rule of thumb: Hachi Tenkara rod: 7x, 6x, 5x, (once expereinced and familiar with rod flex profile 4x) Suzume Tenkara rod: 7x,…
The Zen Fusion Lines are a low stretch line that be used in either fresh or salt. Just rinse in fresh water after use in salt.
Flies are very specific to the fish and the river but generally a few small nymph patterns such as a gray quill emerger, a midge and a pheasant tail work well in most fisheries. A caddis or mayfly or small grasshopper also often are all purpose dry fly patterns that…
The Tenkara Level Line has a small diameter so you want to use a light tippet. You want your tippet to be lighter that the line. When you fish with a Tenkara level Line you are fishing a “tight” setup. Meaning all the line is kept off the surface of…
Make sure you are counting sections correctly Section #1 has the red lillian cord attached Section #2 is directly below, it is completely black (Section #1  act as a single unit and cannot be separated or replaced individually. If ever broken, they are replaced together) Section #3 is the…
