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Category Archives: Flies & Fly Tying

Claret-Sakasa-Kebari

Claret & Gold Sakasa Kebari

  I’ve been getting a lot of questions about the materials I use to tie my tenkara flies and realized that I’ve been doing a bad job of posting them. So, from now on, I am going to try to post the complete recipe for all the flies I post in the future.  Here’s the…

January 14, 201210 CommentsFlies & Fly Tying, Fly TyingBy Jason Klass

Sakasa Kebari on Allen Fly Fishing Octopus Hook

Allen Fly Fishing Octopus Hooks

[/caption] Even though I already posted about my general experience at this year’s Denver Fly Fishing Show, I left a lot of loose ends.  So, over the course of the next couple weeks, I will probably have a few posts here and there telling you about some of the gems I found there. One such gem…

January 8, 201211 CommentsFlies & Fly Tying, Fly TyingBy Jason Klass

Grizzly Olive Sakasa Kebari

Hooks for Tenkara Flies

[/caption] Every fly tier has their favorite hooks for certain patterns and I’m no exception.  I’ve tried a lot of different hooks for sakasa kebari and wanted to tell you about my favorite ones and why I like them so much. My favorite hook for sakasa kebari is the TMC 2499SPBL.  Almost all of my…

December 24, 20112 CommentsFlies & Fly Tying, Fly TyingBy Jason Klass

Blue Jay Sakasa Kebari

Eurasian Jay Sakasa Kebari

  In the last few years, there’s been a lof of buzz around fishing blue-colored flies.  A while ago, I tried to incorporate blue into a tenkara pattern I called the Ninja’s Victim.  The blue wire body and starling hackle seemed to work well but I’m always looking for new ways to use unique materials…

December 17, 20117 CommentsFlies & Fly TyingBy Jason Klass

Jungle Cock Sakasa Kebari

Jungle Cock Sakasa Kebari & More on Spectra Lines

  In my ongoing experiments with hackle and materials for sakasa kebari, I’ve found an unlikely source for hackle that looks promising:  jungle cock. When most tiers think of the prized jungle cock, they think of the gorgeous yellow and black “nails” or “spears” often used for the cheeks of classic salmon fly patterns, streamers,…

December 5, 20112 CommentsFlies & Fly Tying, Fly TyingBy Jason Klass

Silk Thread Sakasa Kebari

Silk Thread Sakasa Kebari

  Since I can’t go fishing right now, tying flies is the next best thing.  In the past few months, I’ve been playing around with some unorthodox body materials for tenkara flies but recently felt the urge to tie some with the more traditional thread bodies.  I saw that Tenkara Bum was selling Pearsall’s silk…

November 22, 20117 CommentsFlies & Fly Tying, Fly TyingBy Jason Klass

Killer-Bug-Yarn-and-Pearsalls-thread

The Utah Killer Bug

OK, it’s not technically a tenkara fly, but so many tenkara anglers seem to have so much faith in this pattern that I couldn’t ignore it. So, I ended up buying some killer bug yarn from Tenkara Bum (as well as some other stuff like some Pearsall’s silk thread for sakasa kebari) and give the…

November 8, 20112 CommentsFlies & Fly TyingBy Jason Klass

Double Sakasa Kebari

Double Sakasa Kebari

I don’t know if this has been tried before or not but I had the idea to play around with the concept of a “double” sakasa kebari. Essentially, it’s just a regular sakasa kebari with two sections of wrapped hackle separated by a “spacer” of thread.     My thinking was that if the main…

November 7, 201118 CommentsFlies & Fly Tying, Fly TyingBy Jason Klass

Horsehair Tenkara Flies

Horsehair Tenkara Flies

  That’s right–I said “horsehair tenkara FLIES”, not “horsehair tenkara LINES”.   Usually, whenever you combine the words “horsehair” and “tenkara” in the same sentence (or Google search), the discussion is inevitably around horsehair tenkara fly lines. But what many people don’t know is that horsehair (or, more accurately, horse tail) also makes an excellent…

October 28, 20114 CommentsFlies & Fly Tying, Fly TyingBy Jason Klass

Partridge & Black Sakasa Kebari

Partridge & Black Sakasa Kebari

This is a simple, yet effective fly that would be a good pattern to try for anyone who read my recent post, “A Beginner’s Guide to Tying Tenkara Flies“.  With the barring on the hackle, high-contrast ribbing, and muted colors, this is a great all around tenkara wet fly.  The key is to tie the…

September 5, 20111 CommentFlies & Fly TyingBy Jason Klass

Sakasa-Kebari-Hack-Comparison

Video: Underwater Comparison of Sakasa Kebari Hackle

I’ve always considered myself a confirmed dry fly fisher but have recently taken an interest in fishing sakasa kebari wet flies.  I’ve had a number of experiences lately that are convincing me more and more that they’re not only effective, but just as fun to fish as surface flies (though for different reasons). The main…

September 1, 201111 CommentsFlies & Fly Tying, Fly TyingBy Jason Klass

Peacock & Starling Sakasa Kebari

Peacock & Starling Sakasa Kebari

In my last post, I briefly mentioned this fly pattern which was very productive on a small lake near Mt. Whitney and I thought I’d post the recipe.  It’s a simple fly to tie (as many successful patterns are) and very buggy looking because of the iridescence of the materials used.     The recipe Hook:…

August 30, 20112 CommentsFlies & Fly TyingBy Jason Klass
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Jason Klass is a former fly fishing guide & casting instructor based in Colorado. He was an early adopter of tenkara in the West and has been fishing the method for a variety of species since 2009. Read more >>

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