Woodcock & Jasper Tenkara

[tie2fish]

Woodcock & Jasper Tenkara
Hook: Daiichi 1550, #14
Thread: Pearsall's Gossamer, jasper
Hackle: Woodcock upper covert
Body: Thread

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[William Anderson]

Bill, another cool looking fly. I'm learning a lot watching you all put these up.

Can someone tell me in two sentences why the hackles face forward so prominently? What is it about these flies that determines that they be spiders like, but in reverse? I know I could look it up. But I'm curious about all of you with new Tenkara rods and fishing these flies.

No, I'm not taking the bait, I like my 10' 3wt just fine.

w

[willowhead]

Incredable Tenkara fly Bill........boy that puppy pops. Extremely well done. KILLER pic too. Watch your mail.....

William, you need to get Dr. Ishigaki's book.....he lays it all out. Email Misako and ask how to get it. misakoflyfish@gmail.com

[tie2fish]

Thanks guys. William, I'd try to tell you, but Mark is right -- you should get ahold of the book, and that way you won't get any misinformation from a beginner.

[willowhead]

i wonder.................... what if his book is only in Japanese...................

[letumgo]

The woodcock hackle goes very nicely with the Jasper silk. Quit similar colors and mottling. Beautiful fly.

[kanutripr]

Very elegant!


Vicki

[michaelgmcgraw]

That is a good looking fly!

[CM_Stewart]

Can someone tell me in two sentences why the hackles face forward so prominently?

In Japan, there are different styles of tenkara fly, not all of which have reversed hackles. The ones that do are probably tied that way so the hackle is more likely to pulse and less likely to fold back along the hook shank when the flies are fished in high gradient mountain streams.

http://www.itow.com/amago/b-streams/fly ... nkara.html
http://www.itow.com/amago/b-streams/fly ... kara3.html
http://www.itow.com/amago/b-streams/fly ... kara4.html

Very similar flies were developed, probably independently, in northern Italy to fish similar streams.

http://donaldnicolson.webplus.net/page43.html

The classic tenkara fishing method is not dead drift. The fly is twitched or pulsed to move it a few inches at a time, opening and closing the hackle and giving the fly the impression of life. High gradient mountain streams, here as well as in Japan and Italy, are not fertile and a fish cannot afford to be a picky eater. Anything that is alive and small enough to fit in it's mouth is food.

Dr. Ishigaki's books (all of them) are only in Japanese.

Great fly tie2fish, as usual!

[willowhead]

Thankx Chris.....wish you could of been here today.....Misa had all the girls taken turns with the Tenkara rod at the Damsel Fly Girls meeting/party.......the 13 footer. They were catching some dang good sized Bluegils, and havin' a ball.
Btw, if you'd like to come down here and tye Tenkara flies at the Sowbug next year in March, please let me know asap, so i can get you on the invite list. It would be cool to have a Tenkara specialist at a table on the floor.....people would love that i think. And you could do a Tenkara fly fishing demo outside too if you like.....just casting on the lawn casting pools, or on the water, at a lake, or pond, we could arrange a trip to the river with a bus or a caravan. You and Misako could do it together. Let us know ok? Tkx.