Cymru Kebari
Hook - Daiichi Model 1650 / Size 12
Thread - Pearsall's Naples Silk Thread (Brown) / Heavily Waxed
Herl Head (in front of hackle) - Single Strand of Ostrich Herl (Natural Dun)
Hackle - Starling Body Hackle (Bleached/Tan)
Abdomen - - Pearsall's Naples Silk Thread (Brown) / Heavily Waxed
Whip finished at the back, next to the bend of the hook
This is a kind of East-meets-West fusion. I mashed together a Glanrhos type fly from Wales (Cymru) with the Japanese Tenkara style hackle. I like it. Just strikes me as a fishy combination.
The Naples silk is a somewhat thicker than the Pearsall's Gossamer thread. I had a spool of brown Naples left over from a rod building project, and figured I'd put it to use as a tying thread. It works nicely on the Tenkara flies, where the bodies are often thicker than western style flies. I like the tapered body.
If you look closely at the bottom of the body (next to the bend), you can see a smear of wax on the hook shank. This is from heavily waxing the silk. Drew the whip finish snug, at the back of the fly, the wax was squeezed out as the wraps tightened into place. I think this will be a durable fly, even though I did not use head cement. We'll see, after I get a chance to fish this fly...
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