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Just tyed my first ever Tenkara fly.....(hackle forward), usin' CDL cock hackle.......lmao. Kinna fun........bit of a pain.......gotta learn how to do 'em right. Just never had the desire to get it down before......but i think it'll be fun to "get it." Practice practice practice.......then tye a dozen.
No need for a pic.......trust me.

I want to see a photo, pics are worth a thousand words ya know.

i hadda find the dang thing............found it.........i'll get Misa to shoot it........ .................

Hook: some Limmerick bend long nymph/small streamer.....can't remember.....size 8 maybe.....who knows........
Thread: Orange Danville 6/0
Body: some Olive spiky dubbing brush
Rib: antique gold tinsel
Hackle: Whiting CDL rooster

like i said originally, the fly pretty much suckx.....it is the only Tenkara fly i have ever tyed, to this day..... ..... two pics of the same fly.....
that hook has a return wire eye.....it's a very cool hook.....i've sent some to a few of you.....but i can't remeber exactly what it is.....i think it' an old (model) Mustad. .....Bill, as you can see.....Misa stole' your idea for a background..... ............

Pretty dang good for a first fly, Mark! It usually takes me a few flies to get a pattern "dialed in" the way I like. I am impressed by how nice and slender you got the body using a dubbing brush. I usually end up with a bulkier body, when I use dubbing brushes (wire core ones anyway).

I see that you have left a small bare gap behind the eye of the hook. Is this by-design? In other words, is the bare shank like that used on Catskill dry flies (allows room for using a Turle knot)? I just want to understand your reason for tying this way.

PS - Tell Misa I like the first photo the best. I love the trout lurking in the background, waiting...watching...

Tkx., i tyed it off behind the hackle......so it's actually not a bare spot.....it's just where the whip finish is.......i still gotta ton to learn bout doin' the dang things correctly...............but............i just got a PM or two from Chris S. tonight.....and he's definately comming for Sowbug and stayin with us.....so i'll have him show me a thing or two.......that cat knows Tenkara everything..............but to tell you the truth..........i highly doubt i'll ever get that into tyin' Tenkara flies......i do like to fish with the rods a lot. But flymphs and soft hackles work just fine. But who knows.....i may get into it a bit........ We're starting to get calls from clubs to come and do Tenkara programs/pauin' gigs.....so it definately won't hurt to have it down a bit.
Seems to me, that doin' the final whip is easier done by hand then usin' the tool on these flies. Think i'll try that..... i was just sorta messin' around with CDL and decided to do that fly.........the hackle is stiff and oversized......so i sorta "set myself up" in a way..... All part of the fun.....
oh, the body there is a wire core brush yes........

hope you found the CDL i put in that most recent package i sent..............? and btw, i been meanin' to ask you...........are those Mellinistic feathers, the ones you wanted?

Misa hates that drawing.....she thinks the Trout came out lookin' like a Carp

w-h, Howdy;

Thought I had one of those vu-da daj moments a short time ago...
Check-out this link...

http://flymphforum.com/viewtopic.php?f= ... nkara+flys

hank

well see, now there's someone who knows what they're doin'.....

Hardly!



Nice fly Mark. The fun is in the challenge!



Vicki

Yeah............somethin's bitin' me.......... .........to get rid of the itch i hadda do another one............

i used two bleeched and dyed (Grey), and one Bronzed peacock herl(s) for the body, up to the point where i tye off and took the thread in front of the bead to do the hackle. Then when i brought the thread back to finish off the herl.....i only used one Grey herl and one Bronzed herl to finish up. And just "Biced" the thread black to whip finish.
i don't much like the tinsel i used.....on a hook this size i mean.....it's to heavy a gauge.....fine for a bigger hook. Mylar would of worked better.....