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Article by Chuck Grimmett Earlier this year I emailed Mike volunteering to coordinate a kebari swap if Tenkara Angler wanted to host one this year. I'm delighted he agreed. It was a fun experience from the coordinator side to make new connections and get to open all of the packages that arrived at my house over the course of a month.

Short work week, long holiday week. On Monday after work and school, Charlie and I took apart my Shopsmith quill to figure out exactly which parts we needed to track down, since I’m pretty su…

The past couple years I’ve written this post at the end of December as kind of a year-end recap. This year I thought I’d change it up and do it on Thanksgiving instead. Here’s 100…

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With my shifted work schedule (now 7am-3pm), Charlie getting home earlier, increased work stress, and needing weekends to put our lives back together and get ready for the following week, the last …

While visiting the Peekskill Field Library this week, Charlie and I stumbled across a gem that reminded me of something I might see on Doc’s Trunk Line blog: Peeking Under the City by Esther …

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Let’s do a Community Kebari Swap! With the summer quickly coming to a close, we thought it might be a good idea to hold a “Fall 2025 Kebari Swap” here at Tenkara Angler. Our friend Chuck Grimmett has volunteered to be our “Kebari Coordinator” for this event. He’s going to lay down the rules, details, and deadlines. If you want to participate, you’ll register using the form included in this post and then send him your flies – 

I went into this blogging breaking thinking I’d just skip a week while my parents were visiting, then it turned into over a month. The first week we were focused on getting ready for Charlie&…