July 9, 2011

Why Every Beginner Fly Fisher Should Start with Tenkara

Tenkara 101By Jason Klass July 9, 2011 9 Comments

I headed over to my local fly shop today to pick up some hooks and there happened to be a fly fishing class going on. While I was scouring the hook wall trying to find some #16s, I was eavesdropping, listening to what the instructor was saying. And it was painful. The “class” listened in…

More Epoxy Tenkara Flies with a Twist (of wire)

Flies & Fly Tying, Fly TyingBy Jason Klass July 9, 2011 2 Comments

In my last post, I talked about some of my experiments with epoxy sakasa kebari (reverse hackle tenkara flies). I was tying some more at my desk tonight and an idea struck me… Many tenkara wet flies use a bright-colored thread between the eye of the hook and where the hackle begins. It could be…