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Old Hat you inspired me ones-more with your Kebari-flies. Finally I bought a tenkara rod here in Holland: a 5:5 with a length of 3.90 meter, that is about 13 ft. A very soft rod but nice to catch little fish. I fished it only with a nimf and with one wingless wet.

Yesterday I tied a Tenkara fly and the name will be:

Dutch Tenkara ( if that name does not exist already??)



Hook: Mustad 1575 #11
Thread: Danville orange
Dubbing just behind the eye: hare
Hackle: Hen saddle very light dun
Body: Pheasanttail olive


Greeting

This pattern reflects well on the inspiration you received from Old Hat, Ruard. I especially like the taper you achieved on the body, and the hackle is -- based on things I have read -- perfectly lush for a Kebari fly. Well done!

Ruard, I really like this one. The body especially...the taper, and the material...looks really cool.

Ruard,
This is an super tie. The colors, profile and all. I also like the dubbing at the head. Nice touch. I'm going to have to experiment with that.

Old Hat wrote:Ruard,
This is an super tie. The colors, profile and all. I also like the dubbing at the head. Nice touch. I'm going to have to experiment with that.

Years ago I tied a fly The Funneldun from Neil Patterson. I used the dubbing on the head with that fly also to keep the hackle in the good position.

Greeting

Good thinking. I still tie and carry a few funnel duns. They make a nice Tenkara dry fly pattern dipped on the surface.

Ruard - The body of this fly is perfect! I love the taper and the texture.

Nice looking Kebari and good luck with it. I hope it catches you a few nice fish

Ruard, I look forward to the pics of you catching roach with the tenkara rod. I'm looking forward to seeing your kebari flies. They're addictive. Nice one.