Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
Chapter 1 A Different Kind of Fly Fishing 1
Chapter 2 The Story of Tenkara USA 13
Chapter 3 Fishing in Streams 23
Chapter 4 Ed Van Put and the Japanese Rod 31
Chapter 5 Fishing with Flies 41
Chapter 6 Tenkara Fishing Techniques 51
Chapter 7 The Tenkara Guru of Greenwich Village 65
Chapter 8 The Tenkara Rod 75
Chapter 9 Tenkara Casting 85
Chapter 11 A Foothold in the Appalachians 113
Chapter 12 The Tenkara Guides 121
Chapter 13 Tenkara Lines, Tippets, and Spools 129
Chapter 14 Rigging Up Your Tenkara Rod 143
Chapter 15 Fixed-Line Fishing for Species Other Than Trout 155
Chapter 16 Euro Nymphing: Tenkara's European Cousin 169
Chapter 17 A Tenkara Angler's Gear 177
Chapter 18 The American Tenkara Industry 183
Chapter 19 Lost in Translation 191
Chapter 20 Q&A with Go Ishii 199
Chapter 21 Tenkara Flies 205
Further Reading and Resources 219
Index 221
