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Pheasant Tail and Dun Kebari
Hook - Mustad 3906 (short shank wet fly hook/size 12)
Thread - 8/0 UNI-Thread (Olive Dun)
High Vis Post - Hi Float Fibers (1 strand orange/1 strand yellow)
Hackle - Herbert Miner Hen Neck Hackle (Medium Brown Dun)
Tail/Body - Five Strands of Pheasant Tail Fibers (Natural Brown)

Dreamy Ray and oh, so beautiful! Your Tenkara patterns are to die for! It is time to get out my Tenkara rod and go a-fishin'! Thanks for the inspiration!
Doug

Don't know how to say "Perfection" in Japanese, but this fly is it.

Simple yet elegant! tie2fish please elaborate on your comment. A critique of this fly would help this humble beginner, I appreciate your expertise, thanks!

catskiller9 wrote:Simple yet elegant! tie2fish please elaborate on your comment. A critique of this fly would help this humble beginner, I appreciate your expertise, thanks!

Catskiller9 ~ "Kebari" and "Tenkara" are words associated with a type/style of soft hackle fly traditionally used for fishing in small, swift streams in Japan. Hence the reference to "Japanese" in my comment about Letumgo's fly. Nothing profound here -- I was simply trying to avoid the same-old, same-old way to express my admiration for the design and execution of this unique pattern.

Now, as a cat lover I would ask that you elaborate on your screen name .

Ray,

I love the pattern!

Do the hi vis fiber splay back against the hackle in current or on a retrieve?

Dreamy, Ray.

Very cool...

Looking at it I would've thought there was CDC incorporated into the construction but, that's just a nice cape. Well done.

That isn't to say a turn of CDC wouldn't hurt.

letumgo wrote:Pheasant Tail and Dun Kebari
Hook - Mustad 3906 (short shank wet fly hook/size 12)
Thread - 8/0 UNI-Thread (Olive Dun)
High Vis Post - Hi Float Fibers (1 strand orange/1 strand yellow)
Hackle - Herbert Miner Hen Neck Hackle (Medium Brown Dun)
Tail/Body - Five Strands of Pheasant Tail Fibers (Natural Brown)

Ray You Are a Mad Artist......that fly is awesome...

Dana

letumgo wrote: ↑Sun Jun 03, 2018 2:40 pm Pheasant Tail and Dun Kebari
Hook - Mustad 3906 (short shank wet fly hook/size 12)
Thread - 8/0 UNI-Thread (Olive Dun)
High Vis Post - Hi Float Fibers (1 strand orange/1 strand yellow)
Hackle - Herbert Miner Hen Neck Hackle (Medium Brown Dun)
Tail/Body - Five Strands of Pheasant Tail Fibers (Natural Brown)

I have been tinkering with these flies for about a year now. They look different but they catch fish like crazy. Yours my friend will do the trick.

Alan