Honestly, I think everyone is a little too enamored with the word "tenkara" in much the same way as I remember when I got my first fly rod - and reel - back in the '60s (I was just 12) and it seemed you had to use it to fish for trout (that's what Boy's Life said!). Then I found a friend who liked fishing for bluegill and bass with his and he freed my Midwestern soul! When you have an artificial fly on the end of your line, no matter what the rod looks like, it's all just fly fishing. We should always remember the roots an honor them. However, I think it's time to begin to use plain language and call it fixed-line fly fishing in America. Even TenkaraUSA has used 'fixed-line fly fishing' as a historical umbrella term on their 'About' page.