Tenkara USA is the first company to introduce tenkara outside of Japan. Founded in 2009 by Daniel W. Galhardo, Tenkara USA is a fully independent company, based in Boulder, Colorado.

Tenkara USA is the first company to introduce tenkara rods outside of Japan.

Our Story

In 2007, Daniel discovered tenkara while researching the history and culture of fishing in Japan. In 2008, he visited Japan for his first time and saw tenkara in person. He returned to the US with a tenkara rod in his bag and started enjoying tenkara on backpacking trips. The method was simple and effective; yet, there was no information in English on tenkara. Daniel decided he wanted to share tenkara with people, it would make it easy for people to take-up fly-fishing and experienced anglers like himself were sure to enjoy its minimalist nature. He realized that to share tenkara he could have written many articles and books about it, but if people didn’t get a chance to experience tenkara for themselves it would not spread. Thus, Daniel set out to create a business designing tenkara rods, tenkara lines and tenkara flies and putting them in the hands of people.


	TENKARA SATO ROD	TENKARA AMAGO ROD	TENKARA HANE ROD	TENKARA RHODO ROD	TENKARA IWANA ROD	TENKARA ITO ROD

Customer Reviews	31	16	36	14	26	15
Price	$250.00	$180.00	$160.00	$250.00	$170.00	$260.00
Tenkara USA	SATO	AMAGO	HANE	RHODO	IWANA	ITO
Material	Carbon Fiber	Carbon Fiber	Carbon Fiber	Carbon Fiber	Carbon Fiber	Carbon Fiber
Fly Fishing	Small & Medium Fish	Medium & Large Fish	Small & Medium Fish	Small Fish	Small, Medium & Large Fish	Medium & Large Fish
Adjustable	✓			✓		✓
Adjustable Length (Feet)	10.8' / 11.10' / 12.9'			8.10' / 9.9' / 10.6'		13' / 14.7'
Closed Size (Inches)	22 3/4"	21 1/8"	15"	21"	20 1/2"	25.8"
Handle Length (Inches)	10 1/2"	11"	8"	9"	11"	12"
Weight (Ounces)	2.9oz	3.5oz	3.5oz	2.1oz	2.7oz	4.1oz
Includes Case	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

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