Ostrich and Primrose Kebari & Underwater Photos

[letumgo]

Ron,

Yes, this is one of my patterns. All part of my ongoing experimentational approach to fly tying/fishing. For me, there is great joy in discovery. How will the fly behave, appear and fish. I became especially interested in the behaviour of Tenkara flies, and how the hackle interacts with the surface film.

Once the hackle fibers become fully wetted, the surface film holds onto the fibers, bending them and holding them to the surface. Once below the surface, the fibers take on their natural splayed appearance, moving with any micro currents buffeting the fly. But near the surface film, the hackle fibers are spread out flat under the waters surface.

I was surprised to find that ostrich herl holds onto a lot of air, giving it a silvery appearance, sort of like CDC fibers.

[hankaye]

ForumGhillie, howdy;

John, I can appreciate your point-of-view, however have you seen any video
of the folks sorting materials on a conveyor at a waste site?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzox7nuzaZk
I don't really think the streams are that full of objects for the fishes to
sort through. In the videos the humans are doing a very good job of sorting
the non-recyclables form the recyclables and the belts are moving at about
3-5 feet/sec. don't ya think?

hank

[ronr]

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[ronr]

I'm starting to get intrigued by Kebari and Tenkara flies... I plan to fish them however with a standard fly rod until I come across a deal on a Tenkara rod. I'm curious if anyone fishes these ala Craig Matthews and Ivon Chinnaurd.(sp) in the videos they've produced. I'm sure the Tenkara purists will protest, but I've basically done this already when high sticking a soft hackle with the leader out of the water as much as possible as this seems to be the same idea.

By the way, Ray I'm really liking your tenkara flies and want to see as many examples as I can dig up.

[hankaye]

ronr, Howdy;

Now that we have you here, "intrigued by Kebari and Tenkara flies" Here's something similar yet different
Something from the Dolomite Region of Italy ;
https://www.google.com/search?q=the+Ita ... e&ie=UTF-8

hank

[BrkTrt]

Ray what a piece of fine photography. I tie and fish several Sakasa Kebari flies and the really work. Most of mine have peacock or hares ear dubbing but your ostrich looks deadly.

Alan

[BrkTrt]

Here's one that's fooled a few brookies as of late.

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Alan

[letumgo]

Oh wow. Those are fantastic Alan. What color hackle did you use. Is that bleached grizzly? Love it, whatever it is.

[BrkTrt]

Ray, I used white, cream, and bleached grizzley.

Alan

[ronr]

oh Hank..now you've done it... just when I was settling into step one... I'm now thinking about step 4... Hopefully my new rod will arrive next week and I can give this a try..