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Feb132012

Sakasa Kebari

“Plain Jane” Sakasa Kebari

  These flies might not win any beauty contests above water, but I’m sure they’ll be sexy enough down below.  With some classic color combinations, nice contrast, and a bit of weight and movement, I can’t see how these “plain Jane” sakasa kebari wouldn’t catch fish. Here’s the recipe… Hook: TMC 2499 SPBL # 10 Thread:…

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15 CommentsFlies & Fly Tying

Underwater Comparison of Eyed vs. Eyeless Tenkara Flies

I recently got some eyeless tenkara hooks from Tenkara Bum and have been having a lot of fun trying out different patterns. But I was curious…are the claims about eyeless hooks having more action in the water true?  So, I decided to do a (very unscientific) test and see.  I tied two flies with identical materials, put them underwater, and took video so I coud compare.

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21 CommentsFlies & Fly Tying, Fly Tying
Feb72012

Tenkara Hooks

Eyeless Tenkara Hooks

  I got some eyeless tenkara hooks today from Tenkara Bum:  the Owner Yamame and Gamakatsu Amago.  They’re both great hooks with interesting bends and finishes that will surely make for some fun experimentation.  In Japan, tiers would use a silk cord to form a loop “eye”.  I didn’t have any silk cord so I’m…

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12 CommentsFlies & Fly Tying, Fly Tying
Feb52012

Frogg Togg Hellbender Waders

Frogg Toggs Hellbender Wader Review

In terms of gear, waders are just about as sexy to me as socks.  I’d much rather fawn over new rods, nets, or a really nice wooden fly box.  But, waders are a necessary fishing tool.  Many years ago, I became a breathable wader convert but I had one complaint–a lack of durability.  Even after…

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29 CommentsWading Gear

How to Tie a Tenkara Fly

I’ve been asked by several people to make a video showing the basic steps on how to tie a sakasa kebari so here it is.  I chose a very simple pattern for the demo but you could easily substitute a lot of different materials to create a wide variety of patterns.

18 CommentsFlies & Fly Tying, Fly Tying
Jan242012

Jason Klass Tenkara Fishing on the San Juan

Basic Tenkara Casting Motion

Here’s another quick video clip from the Denver Fly Fishing Show of Daniel Galhardo breaking down the basic tenkara casting stroke. Sorry for the bad audio.  It’s hard to get good sound at a trade show without a lapel mic. Plus, the lighting at the show was horrible. While the quality might not be great,…

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Jan232012

Tenkara Simplicity

Tenkara: Diversity in Simplicity

This weekend, I sat in in a cabin next to a wood burning stove with the Arkansas River not 20 yards away from me.  I brought my Yamame and Ito hoping to get some fishing in but it was not meant to be.  The winds howled, rattling the wood stove chimney and everything else in…

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12 CommentsPhilosophy
Jan182012

Red Tenkara Line

Red Fluorocarbon from Japan

[/caption] I came home from work today to find a nice package from Japan in the mailbox waiting for me.  Red fluorocarbon! I’ve been talking to a company there about getting some bulk hi-vis level line and they were gracious enough to send me some sample line.  Here’s what it looks like and my initial…

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Jan172012

Tenkara Gear Addiction

Is Being a Tenkara Gear Junkie Hypocritical?

I’ve never seen any discussion of tenkara where the word “simplicity” didn’t come up at least a few times. It’s true that simplicity is an easily identifiable attribute of tenkara but this seems to put gear addicts like me in an interesting dilema. Is our love of gear antithetical to the intrinsic nature of tenkara?…

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19 CommentsPhilosophy
Jan142012

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…

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10 CommentsFlies & Fly Tying, Fly Tying
Jan122012

Tenkara-Rod-Action

Tenkara Rod Action

[/caption] One of the questions people seem to struggle with most is which tenkara rod to choose.  After all, there are a variety of different lengths and actions.  And since (on paper at least) some of them seem very similar, making the decision can be even more confusing. I happen to own the entire Tenkara…

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Jan102012

Brown Trout - San Juan River

How to Land a Fish with Tenkara

I got a lot of footage of the Tenkara USA demo at this year’s fly fishing show and thought I would break it up into shorter, more digestible videos on specific topics rather than post it in its entirety.   In this video, Daniel shows us how to land a fish with tenkara–with a special focus on using…

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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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