Daniele Beaulieu
Pioneer of tenkara in Quebec, founder of Tenkara Canada / Tenkara Quebec, and first ambassador of tenkara.ca.
BIOGRAPHY · 略歴
From traditional fly fishing to a single rod.
Daniele Beaulieu began fly fishing in 2000. For 14 years, she practiced the traditional two-handed technique — reel, fly line, vest with pockets. Then in 2014, she discovered tenkara. The revelation was immediate: one rod, one line, one fly. The entire river within reach of what she could hold in a single hand.
She made it her mission to bring this technique to anglers throughout Quebec. She founded Tenkara Canada / Tenkara Quebec in 2018, imports high-quality Japanese rods, and organizes on-demand workshops for fly fishing clubs and associations across the province.
Nicknamed Tenkara Ninja by the community, she has already caught brook trout, smallmouth bass, ouananiche, and even steelheads over 5 kg with her tenkara rod in the rivers of Quebec and the northern United States. Her next challenge: an Atlantic salmon on a single rod.
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Tenkara is simple: one rod, one line, one fly. And the whole river as your playground.
— Daniele Beaulieu
Learn with Daniele.
Book an in-person learning day through our partner platform Trivio — the network of Quebec senseis and guides.
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Fly fishing competition, Rivière Montmorency.
The first fly fishing competition in eastern Quebec. Daniele Beaulieu competed with her tenkara rod — a concrete demonstration that the Japanese technique holds its own against traditional Western methods. The event was held at the Forêt Montmorency, Université Laval’s forestry reserve, which has since become a symbolic landmark of tenkara in Quebec.
View Forêt Montmorency on the map →Tenkara Canada / Tenkara Quebec
Carbon telescopic rods imported directly from Japan, level lines, traditional kebari, and all the accessories you need to start or progress in tenkara. Carefully curated — Daniele only offers what she would fish with herself.
Visit tenkaracanada.net →Fosses Nouvelles episode with Daniele Beaulieu.
A long-form conversation with Ermo, host of Fosses Nouvelles, about Daniele’s journey: her 14 years of traditional fly fishing, her discovery of tenkara, her best catches, and her mission in Quebec. Date to be announced.
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