Sakasa-Kebari Varient

Description 
Materials & Components 
Eyes:
Loop of twisted yellow Kevlar thread
Thread:
Pearsall's Gossamer "Hot Orange", lacquered after tying
Thorax:
Peacock herl
Hackle:
Coturnix quail feather, three turns
Hook:
Tiemco 206 BL #10, modified
Instructions 

Cal Mohney takes the classic Sakasa-Kebari tenkara fly and gives it a distinctly western flavor.

Comments

 
said on Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

Nice fly, I'm just starting to tie in this style.

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said on Tuesday, August 21st, 2012

How do I tie it? Any good patterns for carp?

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said on Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

I haven't done a lot of carp fishing, but when I lived in MI we weren't far from a pair of ponds that were loaded with carp. When the local bagel shop would close the employees would go to the upper pond to feed the left over bagels to the ducks. Any bits of bagel that drifted through the culvert to the lower pond would get pounced on by one of the big, waiting carp.

We tied messes of deer hair on big hooks and would sit on the bench waiting for the bagel hatch.

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said on Thursday, September 6th, 2012

testing how the comments are working

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said on Monday, October 21st, 2013

Chris,

try using crayfish patterns that are heavily weighted. Carp are bottom feeders so you have to think like a carp to catch one

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said on Friday, September 5th, 2014

Very nice, keep up with more variations.

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