Tenkara by Kevin Kelleher - ISBN: 9781493049073
Paperback
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

Radically Simple, Ultralight Fly Fishing

$59.62

  • Paperback

    160 pages

  • Release Date

    31 May 2021

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Summary

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 portabl…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781493049073
ISBN-10:1493049070
Author:Kevin Kelleher, Misako Ishimura
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:The Lyons Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:31 May 2021
Weight:290g
Dimensions:239mm x 190mm x 9mm
About The Author

Kevin Kelleher

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.

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