Tenkara Black Gnat 1250

[William Anderson]

So....my first of many tenkara flies.

Tenkara Black Gnat 1250

Hook: Daiichi 1250
Thread: Griffiths 14/0 Black
Hackle: Black Hen
Body: Mole dyed black spun on Claret Pearsall's Gossamer Silk



w

[hankaye]

dub-ya, Howdy;

Right smart lookin' fly...

What's it look like wet ?????

hank

[tie2fish]

Excellent! If this is your first effort, w, I can hardly wait to see the follow-ups. You'll have to dabble that beauty in the Gun ASAP.

[letumgo]

That is suitable for framing, but BEGGING to be fished. Give in and take it fishing!

[kacbo]

Me likey...

[narcodog]

William, for a Tenkara fly it is to neat and the hackle needs to be fuller and more raged.

[William Anderson]

Thanks for the comments and the advice. I only know what I've read on the tenkara bum site and the flies posted here. Donald actually sent me a number of flies with longer and fuller hackles, but I thought that might just be a stylistic preference. I tied a couple more of this one, but the first was the cleanest. Maybe I should get a pic of those...but I can't understand how a fly could be too neat. I like a more irregular body than some, but a fly tied well for me has a marked neatness about it. How would you suggest my next set be more in the tenkara style? Any and all tips are greatly appreciated.

[narcodog]

Most Tenkara flies are tyed with sewing thread, all sizes and the wraps are just on top of each other. I have been in one swap and to tell you I can't tie a fly that a ruff Tenkara fly. The flies that I have tied are like yours, nice and tight. Most of the Tenkara flies are well, sloppy, IMOP

[William Anderson]

Here's another simple reversed hackle softie...not quite tenkara in a traditional Japanese sense.

Greenwell saddle hackle with a turkey tail herl body and beaver thorax




CdL hen hackle with Tenkarabum Bracken Yarn twisted with holoshimmer ribbing and Bracken Yarn thorax on a Daiichi 1130.




So I've got some tying to do working on a longer more pronounced head, fuller hackle and a messier, shorter, more tapered body. I'll work on it.

w

[gig]

They are all beauties William, if you need them tested in the Southern Hemisphere, I'm available