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May312012

Gosen Torrents Ace Tenkara Hooks

Gosen Torrents Ace Eyeless Hooks

In my ongoing exploration of tying tenkara flies on eyeless hooks, I recently got a package of Gosen Torrents Ace GII hooks from Esoteric Tackle.  These hooks have a very radical bend that makes them great for tying traditional looking tenkara flies, plus a couple of other features I really like.     The hooks…

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4 CommentsFly Tying
May292012

How to make a tenkara rod quiet

Add a Silencer to your Tenkara Rod

  Right now, go to your gear closet, man cave, garage, armory, or wherever you keep your fishing gear.  Grab your tenkara rod and shake it (vertically).  Hear that rattle?  It’s the collapsed segments of your rod slamming into the end cap.  No, it isn’t broken.  In fact, most tenkara rods do this–it’s just intrinsic…

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17 CommentsDIY & Hacks
May282012

Brown Trout on Sakasa Kebari

One Fly Tenkara Memorial Day

  The little voice inside my head said I should know better than to hit the stream Memorial weekend (let alone on actual Memorial Day) but sometimes it pays to go against your better judgement… Sure enough, the parking lot at Bear Creek was not only packed, but overflowing.  I was lucky to get a…

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3 CommentsTrip Reports
May252012

Valcan Tenkara Line

Valcan Tenkara Line

  With the impending extinction of the famous orange level line from Tenkara Bum, many tenkara anglers have been on the quest for a good replacement.  Sanyo has recently come out with a new orange fluorocarbon line of its own called Valcan, but is it a good substitute for the Tenkara Bum line? At first…

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10 CommentsTenkara Lines
May222012

Umpqua Competition Hooks

Umpqua Competition Hooks

I swung by Angler’s Covey in Colorado Springs on Sunday and they had a sale on Umpqua Comepetition hooks.  They looked like they might be good for sakasa kebari so I picked up a couple of packages in size #10 and #12.   I got the C500BL model, which is a short shank heavier wire…

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2 CommentsFly Tying
May212012

Tenkara Backpack

Sneak Preview: TraiLite Designs Stream Pack

I just got word that the newly redesigned Stream Pack from TrailLite Designs will be available next week on the Tenkara Bum website.  If the name TrailLite Designs sounds familiar, it’s probably because you know them as the creator of the Ebira Rod Quiver–an ingenious tenkara accessory which happens to have been named by yours…

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6 CommentsPacks, Organization & Storage
May192012

Bear Creek Brown Trout

Three Firsts on Bear Creek

  They say there has to be a first time for everything.  Well, today, the old cliche materialized in triplicate (two good, one not so good).  And while people also say, “two out of three ain’t bad”, I’d summarize today as an all around great day despite the fact that one of these firsts just…

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8 CommentsTrip Reports
May172012

Sakasa Kebari on Red Hook

Tenkara Flies on Red Hooks

  Many anglers tout the effectiveness of using red hooks in their fly patterns.  While there appears to be some science behind it, I’m not a red hook fanatic; nor am I a foe.  I don’t know if or why red hooks add some attractor qualities to flies or not.  I’ve caught fish on them…

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11 CommentsFlies, Fly Tying
May162012

DIY Fly Tying background Plate

DIY Fly Tying Background Plate

Even the most organized fly tying desks can have cluttered backgrounds that can be distracting when you’re trying to put the finishing touches on that perfect fly.  It can not only adversely affect the quality of the fly you’re tying, but also cause eye strain.  Here’s a simple, low-cost solution I came up with to…

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13 CommentsDIY & Hacks, Fly Tying
May152012

Pheasant and Orange Sakasa Kebari

Pheasant & Orange Sakasa Kebari

Pheasant and Orange Sakasa Kebari

A classic color combination in an eyeless sakasa kebari style.  For video instructions on how to tie eyeless tenkara flies, click here.

Hook:  Owner Super Yamame #7

Head:  Orange Uni 8/0 thread
Loop Eye:  #2 silk bead cord, white
Hackle:  Pheasant
Body:  Camel Uni 8/0 thread
Rib:  Small copper wire, counterwrapped

7 CommentsFlies
May152012

Sulphur Sakasa Kebari

Sulphur Sakasa Kebari

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…

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8 CommentsFlies
May132012

Tenkara and the eleventh color

The “Eleventh Color” of Tenkara

In Japan, tenkara has been very narrowly defined in terms of gear, technique, and application.  The gear part of the definition includes using a long rod, no reel, and simple, unweighted flies.  The technique part includes things like using rapids and waterfalls to sink flies rather than weight, watching the line rather than using a…

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18 CommentsPhilosophy
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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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