Previous Blogs

  • Tenkara Goals

    I want to put into a document the feelings I have with catching a brook trout in 16 states that they are native on the East coast of the US. But, honestly, I am not actually sure how to describe my feelings. I have reached goals before. I became a nurse. I work in a Read more

  • Fishing Year In Review

    A few months ago I ended up going through the pictures in my phone and wrote an outline of my fishing year. It turned into this and it was pretty interesting to see my activities throughout the year… I went into more detail about the specific locations/fish in each state further down on each document. Read more

  • Youtube

    Youtube isn’t something I’ll ever have the patience or time for….to edit videos or watch, really. But here is a link to my channel if you want to see some unedited videos of me in the great outdoors. https://youtube.com/shorts/8P1C7JnHtQo?feature=share Read more

  • A Little Bit About Me

    Welcome to my tenkara journey… Where every time I see a body of water you will hear me say… “I’d fish that” My name is Amanda Hoffner and I am LadyTenkaraBum… Firstly, I’d like to introduce myself as a lady angler who possesses the schooling and training as a critical care registered nurse. I prefer Read more

  • 2023 Recap

    2023 Recap

    As I remember these past few years and the fishing seasons, I am grateful and thankful for being able to travel to new states and explores new territory and terrain in the United States that I have yet to explore.  Honestly, these past few years have been a blur.  Maybe it is because of the Read more

  • Tenkara Vs Fishing

    Recently, I have been thinking about fishing.  Thinking about my life on the creek in the woods and how much I love to fish.  Then I think about the weather and how it is winter.  I think about how cold the water is and how I can’t wet wade.  I like to feel comfortable on Read more