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Sulphur Sakasa Kebari

May 15, 20128 CommentsFliesBy Jason Klass


Hook:  Owner Amano Tenkara Hook #2 or #3
Thread:  Uni 8/0 Light Cahill
Hackle:  Light Dun Hen
Body:  Pale Yellow Dubbing

I’ve been playing around with my Amano tenkara hooks and thought this simple pattern might be a good fit for their smaller size range.  If you want to match the hatch, this would be a good fly to fish during a PMD or PED hatch.  But it would also make a good general tenkara fly when you just need a lighter colored pattern.

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Jason Klass

Jason is an avid fly angler and backpacker. As a former fly fishing guide originally from Western New York, he moved to Colorado and became an early adopter of tenkara which perfectly suited the small, high altitude streams and lakes there. He has not fished a Western-style fly rod for trout since.

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8 Comments
  1. June 3, 2012 at 8:24 pm
    Sean

    Just tied a few of these up and tried to take a picture to show my friend in mass who’s starting out in Tenkara. I can’t get my pictures to look anywhere near this nice. Do you use a camera or a cell phone(I have an IPhone if that makes a difference)

  2. June 3, 2012 at 8:36 pm
    Jason Klass

    Hi Sean, I’m using a camera with a macro setting. Not sure an iPhone would work that well. Maybe try more light?

  3. June 3, 2012 at 9:01 pm
    Sean

    I figured it was a camera, I’ll have to make sure the next one I buy has that setting on it. Thanks and keep up with these incredible flies! I bought one of those kits that “teaches” fly tying a couldn’t tie a single good looking fly. I follow you website and read a few articles and boom, I’m confident in my flies and fish actually take them!

  4. June 3, 2012 at 9:12 pm
    Jason Klass

    Thanks Sean. That’s great to hear! The great thing about Tenkara flies is that you don’t have to spend hundreds of dollars on materials, they’re easy to tie, and they really work!

  5. June 4, 2012 at 3:00 pm
    Sean

    I couldn’t agree more, Tenkara is so much less expensive to get into and there’s less things to keep track of which is fantastic!

  6. June 10, 2012 at 8:04 pm
    Sean Dziedzic

    Any chance you could do a video with dubbing sometime? I have had more trouble trying to figure out the dubbing than anything else in tying or fishing and I don’t know why.

  7. June 10, 2012 at 8:16 pm
    Jason Klass

    Hi Sean. Dubbing is tricky indeed! Thanks for the suggestion. I will try to do a video on it.

  8. June 10, 2012 at 8:26 pm
    Sean

    Thank you!!! I’m tired of wasting the materials.

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