I go over the rods in this video:
Cheap Non-Tenkara Rods
- Stiff AliExpress Rod Cigarette One (AliExpress)
- Stiff AliExpress Rod Tanago-Handled One (Couldn’t find a link)
- Stiff AliExpress Rod Silvery One (AliExpress)
- White tanago-handled one (1.5 m) (AliExpress)
- White tanago-handled one (2.7 m, not 3.6m like I said in the video) (AliExpress)
- Generic Yellow Bamboo Rods (7x)
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- I have 7 of these in various lengths, namely 180 (2x; 1 has a cork handle), 210, 240 (cork handle), 270 (cork handle), 300, and 360. These are all the same rod just in different sizes. Here and here are two different AliExpress links for some of the rods. They’re occasionally on Amazon, too, including here (several lengths) and here (2.7 m version)
- 180 (2x; 1 Has a Cork Handle)
- 210
- 240 (Cork Handle)
- 270 (Cork Handle)
- 300
- 360
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- Weird lipstick rod (Couldn’t find a link)
- Goture Breeze 360 (AliExpress | Amazon)
- Professional Trust Rakutsuri Bitterling Universal 120 (Amazon)
Cheap Tenkara-ish Rods
- Fishing Time USA 270 (No longer sold?)
- Fishing Time USA 360 (No longer sold?)
- Fishing Time USA Freebie 360 (No longer sold?)
- Aventik IM12 Nano 9 Ft (10 Sections, 6:4) (AliExpress | The rod is also sometimes available in various colors on eBay, Amazon, and Walmart.com.)
- Aventik IM12 Nano 12 Ft (13 Sections, 6:4) (AliExpress | The rod is also sometimes available in various colors on eBay, Amazon, and Walmart.com.)
- Maxcatch Tenkara Mini 12 ft (Amazon)
- Goture Capella 12 ft (AliExpress | Amazon)
- Maxcatch Triple Zoom (Short) (AliExpress | eBay | Amazon)
- Maxcatch Triple Zoom (Long) (AliExpress | eBay | Amazon)
- Wild Water Shorty Zoom (Amazon | Wild Water)
- Master Logic Stream 240 (AliExpress | Amazon)
- Rigged and Ready 10Kara (Amazon)
Tenkara Rods From American Companies
- Tenkara USA Rhodo (Tenkara USA | Amazon)
- Dragontail Foxfire (Dragontail | Amazon)
- Dragontail Kaida (Dragontail | Amazon)
- Dragontail Mizuchi (Dragontail | Amazon)
- Dragontail Mutant (Dragontail | Amazon)
- Dragontail Hellbender (Dragontail | Amazon)
- Dragontail Nirvana 400 (Dragontail)
- Tenkara Rod Company Sierra (Tenkara Rod Co.)
- Tenkara Rod Company Beartooth (Tenkara Rod Co.)
- Tenkara Rod Company Yari (Tenkara Rod Co.)
- Tenkara Rod Company Kita 380 (Tenkara Rod Co.)
- Tiny Ten 1 (Tiny Tenkara | Amazon)
- Tiny Ten 2 (Tiny Tenkara | Amazon)
- Wasatch Tenkara Rods Darth Quattro (Wasatch Tenkara Rods)
- Wasatch Tenkara Rods Maruki Sharpshooter (Wasatch Tenkara Rods)
- Wasatch Tenkara Rods Hankyu Middle Fork (Wasatch Tenkara Rods)
- Tanuki Golden Trout (No longer available?)
- Tanuki XL-1 (Tenkara Tanuki)
- Tanuki Pocket Ninja 335 (No longer available?)
- Zen Tenkara Suzume (Zen Tenkara | Amazon)
- Zen Tenkara Sagi (Zen Tenkara)
- Zen Tenkara Taka (Zen Tenkara | Amazon)
- Zen Tenkara Kyojin II (Zen Tenkara)
- Keiryu Rod Co. Ansel (Keiryu Rod Co.)
- Reyr Gear Tiny Cast (Reyr Gear | Amazon)
Rods From Japanese Companies
It’s sometimes hard to find Japanese tenkara rods. Your best bet is to Google these rods to see if/where they’re being sold. eBay and Amazon.co.jp are good sources, too.
- Nissin Pro Square 360 6:4 (Amazon)
- Nissin Zero Sum 360 7:3 (This Amazon link is for the 6:4 version.)
- Nissin Air Stage Hakubai 240 (Stiff)
- Nissin Pocket Mini V3 300
- Shimotsuke Kiyotaki 270
- Shimotsuke Kiyotaki 180
- Shimotsuke Gen 240 (Amazon)
- Tenryu Furaibo TF39TA
- Daiwa Sagiri 39MC
- Daiwa Sagiri 45MC
- Daiwa Kiyose 53
- Suntech Kurenai HM33R
- TenkaraBum Traveler 39
- Shizuku T270/28
- Takamiya H.B. Concept Shirataki 120
Rods I Used to Own but Don’t Anymore
- Suntech Tenkarabum 40 (Sold it—awesome rod)
- Wild Water 12 ft tenkara rod (Sold it—not a great rod)
- Nissin Pro Spec 320 6:4 (Great rod, but I lost it) (Amazon)