Thank you all. I forgot that I also used golden badger on the yellow flies
Who doesn't like a bit of golden badger... I love using it in both wets and dries for the very reason Ray mentioned, the dark centre list creates volume and an impression of a thorax/bulk without needing to dub or wrap a peacock herl...
Ron Eagle Elk wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 10:52 am
Those are beautifully tied flies, at least in my opinion. I am assuming they will fish in the film or just below it, with the body hanging below the surface. Really, really nice.
Thank you Ron, you're too kind. I'm pretty new to tying and fishing Tenkara flies so certainly no expert. I purchased a beautiful rod and all the essential gear from Chris Stewart @Tenkarabum just over a year ago.
Ondori = Rooster, Futsu = normal/conventional referring to hackle orientation and Kebari = fishing fly, at least that's my understanding.
The use of rooster hackle on a wet fly is a new one to me but an intriguing one. The aim is to tie the hackle collar sparse and slightly undersized, Gap width to 1.25 times the gap. It would be great if someone experienced like Chris could chime in here but from my experience and reading the dry fly hackle acts as a kind of grappling hook.
When fishing and casting a fly in tenkara most of the time it's desirable for the fly to land first and to keep the thin line off the water. The stiff hackle kind of anchors the fly a little more and stops it from getting pulled towards the angler by the weight of the line. The other advantage as you noted is being able to fish it higher in the water column and slowing the descent of the fly if that's desired.
