Beaded Hopper

 The Beaded Hopper

Recipe = yellow glass bead, yellow plastic bead, partridge, two tan glass, two clear glass, brown glass bead, tan 8/0, #12 

Orange Midge

orange midge

crawdad kebari

I have no clue if it will work but I'll give it a go and will report back.

Recipe = pheasant, peacock, red wire, two rooster feather tips, #8 3xlong

crawdad kebari

creek bugs

recipe - tan 8/0, partridge, white glass bead, #18

creek bugs

blue macaw bubble kebari

I was lucky enough to be gifted a small bag of parrot feathers a while back and I have to say that they are hands down the most beautiful feathers I've worked with.  So vibrant and even the bad/damaged ones make great flies.  The trouble is they are super small and mega delicate, my hands have to be nimble in order to get a good one tied.

blue macaw bubble kebari

Kebari #34

#34 = Partridge, Peacock, Red Wire, Black 6/0 Thread

#34

skinny tropical kebari

recipe = orange thread, partridge, j.a blue/green body dubbing, black holo tinsel, #8 3xlong streamer hook

skinny tropical kebari

Red Headed Kebari

Glass Bead Head, partridge, peacock, tan 8/0

got kebari??

small school of bluegill kebari

this is my offering for the facebook group Tenkara-Midwest fly swap.  the theme was flies for panfish and/or bass.  so i made this bluegill kebari.

baby bluegill kebari

My Season opener...not so hot

First real day back in the home waters and I got skunked.  Big time.  It was unusually hot, like 94F summery hot (if you didn't get the memo, spring started this week in Chicago) and I so badly wanted it to be awesome.  Not at all.  A single hit.  Weeks of waiting.  Zero.  

The water is still pretty cold, very swift, and fish are tiny and on the bottom.  So I fished with my Rinfu 35sr, a 9' -#3 level line with a 8" bit of red amnesia as a sighter and 3' of 7x tippet with a weighted killer bug on a #14.  I did have a feeling with more practice and a longer line with one more color of a sighter (pink #2.5) it could we a wicked combination.  I still need a bulky fly with a very small hook (#20>) that I can get down thru swift water.

The Updated Logo

We have an updated logo now.  I am super happy to have it and it was created by Tenkara Hero co-founder Steve Roessler.  Super sweet.

The Tenkara Hero