Comments on: Tying the simple Tenkara fly http://www.eclecticguy.com/2009/06/25/tying-the-simple-tenkara-fly/ musings of just some guy Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:42:00 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: EclecticGuy http://www.eclecticguy.com/2009/06/25/tying-the-simple-tenkara-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-1005 EclecticGuy Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:08:08 +0000 http://eclecticguy.com/?p=1284#comment-1005 Kirby, tie the hackle in my its tip. I will edit the description to say that. Thanks for catching this! Cheers, EG Kirby, tie the hackle in my its tip. I will edit the description to say that. Thanks for catching this!

Cheers,
EG

]]> By: Kirby http://www.eclecticguy.com/2009/06/25/tying-the-simple-tenkara-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-1004 Kirby Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:14:01 +0000 http://eclecticguy.com/?p=1284#comment-1004 In step three, do you mean base of hackle or the tip? In step three, do you mean base of hackle or the tip?

]]> By: EclecticGuy http://www.eclecticguy.com/2009/06/25/tying-the-simple-tenkara-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-992 EclecticGuy Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:57:19 +0000 http://eclecticguy.com/?p=1284#comment-992 Hi John, I sent you an email but I would be happy to tie some flies for you. The red body, grizzly hackle is my personal favorite Brookie fly! Cheers, EG Hi John, I sent you an email but I would be happy to tie some flies for you. The red body, grizzly hackle is my personal favorite Brookie fly!

Cheers,
EG

]]> By: John Coleman http://www.eclecticguy.com/2009/06/25/tying-the-simple-tenkara-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-991 John Coleman Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:23:17 +0000 http://eclecticguy.com/?p=1284#comment-991 Hello, I have looked all over for a site that sells these flies and except for Tenarka USA can not find one. Would you sell me 3 each of the all black, red body with grizzly and cream body with ginge hackle in sizes 16, 14 and twelve. I will be glad to pay in advance. This will get me started fishing and I can use them to start learning to tie my own. Like you I will be fishing for small brookies but in the high country of the Graet Smoky Mountains National Park. John Coleman Hello,

I have looked all over for a site that sells these flies and except for Tenarka USA can not find one. Would you sell me 3 each of the all black, red body with grizzly and cream body with ginge hackle in sizes 16, 14 and twelve. I will be glad to pay in advance. This will get me started fishing and I can use them to start learning to tie my own.

Like you I will be fishing for small brookies but in the high country of the Graet Smoky Mountains National Park.

John Coleman

]]> By: EclecticGuy http://www.eclecticguy.com/2009/06/25/tying-the-simple-tenkara-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-928 EclecticGuy Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:14:17 +0000 http://eclecticguy.com/?p=1284#comment-928 No, as best I can tell, Dr. Ishigaki's flys were not weighted. I use either a fluorocarbon level line (heavier than water) or a furled line (from Tenkara USA) and both of these do a reasonable job getting the fly down. I do think a little weight on the fly would help get it deeper. You fish it like a streamer by casting across or up stream and then "twitching" the rod back towards yourself. I usually try to make the fly go directly across the current. One thing to keep in mind, the line is only the length of the rod or maybe a little longer, so there is only so far it can go! Lowering the rod tip to the water is effective. I don't think I said Dr. Ishigaki uses 1 size did I? If so, I meant to say 1 style. He does use different sizes and color variations of this style. I use these flies on my reeled fly rods and they work well. They are basically a wet hackle fly. This type of fly was very popular many years ago. cheers, EG No, as best I can tell, Dr. Ishigaki’s flys were not weighted. I use either a fluorocarbon level line (heavier than water) or a furled line (from Tenkara USA) and both of these do a reasonable job getting the fly down. I do think a little weight on the fly would help get it deeper.

You fish it like a streamer by casting across or up stream and then “twitching” the rod back towards yourself. I usually try to make the fly go directly across the current.

One thing to keep in mind, the line is only the length of the rod or maybe a little longer, so there is only so far it can go! Lowering the rod tip to the water is effective. I don’t think I said Dr. Ishigaki uses 1 size did I? If so, I meant to say 1 style. He does use different sizes and color variations of this style.

I use these flies on my reeled fly rods and they work well. They are basically a wet hackle fly. This type of fly was very popular many years ago.

cheers,
EG

]]> By: fflutterffly http://www.eclecticguy.com/2009/06/25/tying-the-simple-tenkara-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-927 fflutterffly Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:05:31 +0000 http://eclecticguy.com/?p=1284#comment-927 So. You do not weight the fly to sink it to a nymphing depth? How do you use it as a streamer? By lowering the tip so the fly stays low in the water? I have never tried this type of fly fishing but am very interested. You say Dr. Ishigaki only uses one fly size, but you have given three, why? I have tied up about 20 of these fly and will use them on my conventional rig until I can purchase a Tenkara. Thank you. So. You do not weight the fly to sink it to a nymphing depth? How do you use it as a streamer? By lowering the tip so the fly stays low in the water? I have never tried this type of fly fishing but am very interested. You say Dr. Ishigaki only uses one fly size, but you have given three, why? I have tied up about 20 of these fly and will use them on my conventional rig until I can purchase a Tenkara.

Thank you.

]]> By: tap21 http://www.eclecticguy.com/2009/06/25/tying-the-simple-tenkara-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-901 tap21 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:00:43 +0000 http://eclecticguy.com/?p=1284#comment-901 This may one day be the first fly I ever tie. Thanks for posting this. This may one day be the first fly I ever tie. Thanks for posting this.

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