Thanks for watching! Here's the same color of yarn that Karl used to tie his Well-Hung Foam Spiders: flytyingyarn.com/products/shetland-black-101-jamiesons-shetland-spindrift-yarn
The Shetland 101 color was chosen because it is not too Black and un-natural looking. The random, Light Gray fibers provide enough sparkling high lights for the fish to see that the Black Under Body will not get completely lost when viewed against black to dark back grounds.
The Well-Hung Foam Spider was primarily designed for fishing Free Stone Streams, where the trout have to make quick decisions or the fly will be gone for good. But it did well on Triston’s little Spring Creek, as it will also do on lakes and ponds.
Or, even a trout refusal on a dry fly. Either from getting a look you, the angler, or noticing something about the fly is wrong. That will make you go, "well, one more pool before I pack-up."
I'm one of those guys who came to Tenkara from "traditional" fly fishing, and I find it ironic that, when "Tenkara-ing", it's pretty much all dries for me - the few times I go subsurface, it's usually a dry/dropper rig. I find Tenkara to be ideally suited for dry flies and small streams - I just use the length of the rod to drop my fly where I want it, and with precision and no drag....keep up the dries - you'll be investing in floatant soon.
Ditto. I didn't even know you were supposed to fish Kebari flies wet unitl I watched this! Been putting floatant on them (with excellent results), derp...
I'm just the opposite, I use a 5' long polyleader on the end of a bright furled line, usually on 10' furled line. With about 4' of tippet at the end of the polyleader. Running a 2 nymph rig... it's euro nymphing... the furled line is the sighter.
This reminds me of my high school friend's husband and his passion for fly fishing. They have done very well for themselves and purchased a huge piece of property in WY, built a beautiful house atop a slight hill and literally have "a river runs through it," their land that is. He has become an expert fly fisherman and maker of his own flies, and all he has to do is to walk down from their house to the river that runs through their property to fly fish. Some way to retire, eh?
I liked that you showed the fly you used. It would be nice if you did it with every video. Even if you only use a couple of different ones or just one fly every time. It would be good info for fly tyers
this creek looks like those around my area we catch brook trout out of them, i bet that fly would slay the blue gills and other panfish, thank you for taking us fishing!! that was extra fun
Awesome video! Dry flies will spoil you, there just so much more fun to fish with. Especially if you can find one that there hitting hard. My favorites are the elk hair caddis and parachute Adams. You can tie both with your wool yarn.
Can you point me in the right direction how what you use, when you use it and how you set it up? I fly fished with my wrestling Coach today for my very first time. We use two Perigons, one as a dropper and a “bobber” for sight of a hit. We used a rod/reel set up but I’m planning on getting my own Tenkara set up and am in need of counsel. Many thanks and thanks for all the good sends on these videos. 👏🙌🔥❤️
Hey Tristan been a little while since I posted a comment. I always enjoy when you fish this creek. Got a pretty good chuckle out of the O's, Ah's, and HaHa's as you descended into the deeper cold water. Your "like a ballerina" comment was very illustrative. It also made me chuckle. Thanks for another fun video. I enjoyed watching the takes on the dry flies.
An attractor dry like a stimulator or smaller chubby Chernobyl is also great for panfish and small bass in warm water. Super fun pulling fish with a minimal set up with guys staring at a bobber that doesn’t move most of the day.
Tristan, you gotta branch out and try some hoppers next summer. Caught big Hank this year with my mutant, using for the first time a hopper. In fact I did it on a stream you've fished in the past with some excellent cutthroat. I could hear the grasshoppers just buzzing like crazy in the trees and I knew it was on. Crazy bronzed up cutthroat came from down deep, inspected the hopper, followed it and then just smashed it. Was incredible!
Lots of fun watching you dry flying! I used to fly fish years ago and just got back in recently, but switched to tenkara after getting into camping and exploring more. The minimalist side of it suits me real well and it's so effective. Hooked lol! Thank you for the knowledge and inspiration Tristan 🤙🏻😁. Enjoy your day.
I just fished a creek similar to the one you were in yesterday. Elevation 6500 ft. Outside temperature 30 degrees. Water temperature 37 degrees. Near Dagger Falls, middle fork of the Salmon. I have to use neoprene waders in order to withstand the cold water. I even throw a few disposable hand warmers down into my waders to help me stay in creek. Great video, thank you! 👍
Quite a shift! It’s funny - I came to tenkara about five years ago (with 55+ years in conventional fly fishing), and started initially with regular flies I knew well, e.g., caddis, Adams, etc. Now? Almost always kebari. Very nice video - I greatly appreciate all your productions!
@@smashandburn1 I enjoy both. But tenkara, in my experience, is better suited to smaller fish and smaller waters. Just my opinion, though; I’m sure some can use tenkara effectively for larger fish.
Tristan landed 22 in an hour and I only counted 4 missed strikes, plus’s 3 or 4 that got off the line that were hooked. That’s pretty darn good! On the rod, the FoxFire Rod is a 12.5 penny rod @ 6’6”, a 12 penny rod @ 8’, and a10.5 penny rod @ the 9+ foot length. Usually, soft rods require a greater rod movement to set the hook than the FoxFire needed. Soft rods usually cast poorly in a wind. I was surprised at how well the FoxFire cast in the wind Tristan had to deal with on that day. I am going to get a FoxFire Rod...Karl.
Tying small dry flies with natural materials presents its own challenge. Sure, you can make huge foam ants and catch fish all day. However, my passion is vintage patterns / materials, making them as small as possible to emulate the midges, mayflies, stoneflies, and caddis that I typically see. I began with the help of the two fly tying manuals by Wyoming-tier and guide, Jack Dennis. I still can't come close to the flies he made. So, matching the hatch-size, tying something beautifully proportioned and buoyant, and accomplishing it all with highly-varied natural materials on hooks, size 18 to 22, is challenge in itself. Tying keeps my interest when I'm not on the water. Dry fly fishing is great. If you can see the dry fly, you can fish the smallest creeks without getting involved with indicators, chunks of metal for weight, or the complications of casting tangle-prone tippet used on a dry-dropper rig. Just dealing with rocks, and overhead or submerged vegetation makes the smallest creeks hazard-prone to the angler, especially if you need to recover your rig being caught up in something. A single dry fly on the end of your tippet is easy enough that I will try very tight spaces and still keep it fun. I intentionally use heavier than needed tippet 3X, because it forms a wider loop, and delivers the tiny fly to the water with less force, and greater precision.
Hi Tristan, here in Austria we fish all kinds of flies with the Tenkara rod. Try Flies, Wet Flies, Nymphs and even Streamers. Best regards and wishes from Austria!
Love your videos. I'm hooked. I just caught my first trout ever! A 9" rainbow trout. I have a 9 ft tenkara rod. I felt I couldn't get to spots with cast. I have 9ft leader then fly. Another 6 ft would have been great. River was 30ft wide. Should I have a length of tippet added to the leader or would that be unruly? Is there a rule of thumb like line should be 1.5x the length of rod? Thanks
I will even dry fly fish when I know my chances are better sub surface because I think the reduced number of exciting surface strikes are worth it. "Madame X" is another easy low cost and very effective general use dry fly pattern. Adams is the old classic, in more modern "parachute" style I like. In tiny streams where it's shallow the surface is just as close to their mouth as anywhere else too.. So they can work just as well as sub surface, with the exciting takes.
I fish the UK southern chalk streams. North and south of Salisbury. At the top gin clear - more a brook, at the bottom slow - a proper river with everything from barble, Atlantic salmon, dace, roach, rudd, etc etc, even carp (care of the medieval monks) Ingigenous pike, are fun on a fly rod. Somehow here they live in streams. Can be caught on a fly rod. ===== We can for the first few months of the season, only fish with max, medium/small, dry only flies, and upstream dry only. Easy to drag it under, of you are caught you lose your membership of the club. Makes it tough. Trying to explain to a Japanese person. 'That makes it hard' hmm welcome to English fly fishing.
Dries, that pattern in particular, might be a wise option for vision impaired fisherman that find it difficult to see 5X tippet at a distance. A white floating fly with a surface 'take' is a lot easier to see.
The line to use depends on where you are fishing and the conditions you are fishing under. For stream fishing, Level FC Lines are preferred because you want to hold the line up and off of the water to get drag free drifts. The fact that FC line sinks does not matter because only the fly and tippet are on/in the water. When wind becomes an issue, holding your line up off of the water will cause your fly to be ripped right out of the water, so 1 alternative is to lower your rod so the line is on/in the water. Where the line sinking becomes a problem, go to a Floating Tenkara Line, used with a tapered Mono Leader and tippet. The heavier PVC Floating line will cast better in the wind as well, which is mostly used on Stillwaters. For really windy conditions, a Tungsten Wire Line will cut through the wind like a Hot Knife cuts through butter and sink like a stone, limiting you to wet flies only. Esoteric Tackle sells Tungsten Lines.
Tristan was mistaken, I do not tie flies for sale. The information I put up is free and offered as an Angling Public Service. My opinions are strictly my own and I get no compensation from any financial concerns. I asked Tristan to test the Well-Hung Foam Spider because he is an impartial 3rd Party we all know and trust. Great job on the Video Tristan, and Thank You Very Much...Karl.
I would not call The Well-Hung Spider a True Dry Fly; it is a Damp Fly, as are most Ant, Beetle and Hopper Patterns, mired in the water rather than sitting lightly on top of the water. The difference between a Damp Fly and a Dry Fly is only a Fraction of an Inch but, that fraction of an Inch makes an incredible difference in the Fish’s Willingness to Take The Fly, that’s what makes The Well-Hung Spider such a More Effective Fly than are most ant, beetle and Hopper patterns. But the Spider is easier to See and lands more Delicately on the water than the other Terrestrial Patterns do, which is a big advantage in my book.
Does the Foxfire lock in securely at the three different lengths? I can’t get my Mizuchi and Mutant to keep from sliding in and out when I try and fish them at their two smaller lengths
TJ: check the butt cap o-rings. I replaced the o-rings on my Mutant and it locks in fine now. sizes are (all mm): 6x1.5 and 8x1.5. I bought mine off amazon
@@tj6111 yes exactly. if they’re worn out, then the zoom sections won’t lock into place. one was broken on my Mutant; replaced it, and locks perfectly.
@@mvsc-k5e hmmm ok. I just pulled the cap off my Mizuchi. O-ring is busted so that answers that. Now, just need to figure out my Mutant’s issue. They won’t lock in place but the cap on that one looks totally fine
@@tj6111 hmmm that is bizarre. are the blanks clean of debris? outside of that, ask the DT folks (they’re really good with support). and good luck! once you get it fixed i’d be interested in hearing the issue in case I ever experience the same…
Hi Mark! If you get on the 10 colors Tenkara Board Topics, go to the Kebari and Flies Topic. There you will find a post titled something like, A New Hook For My well-Hung Foam Spider Pattern. There is a List Of The Tying Materials, followed by The Tying Instructions there.
To answer you question, the answer ie Yes, the Foam Over-Body tie in point provides the Post to wrap the Parachute Hackle around in-between the over and under bodies, with a Whip-Finish made in between the hackle fiber legs and a drop of head cement (top & bottom) is used to secure everything in place.
On the matter of Tristan’s reluctance to embrace Dry Fly fishing with Tenkara Tackle and its being contrary to the traditions of fishing Kebari Wet Fly Patterns in Tenkara Fly Fishing, in all fishing there will be times bugs will be seen on the water. And often, at those times, fish will be seen eating those bugs. If the Tenkara Anglers of old had the Technology to float their flies, they would have embraced Dry Fly Fishing. To catch more fish to support their family’s with. As the above comments indicate, publicizing the effectiveness of fishing Dry Flies on Tenkara Tackle will promote Tenkara Fly Fishing to a larger segment of the angling public that wants more visual stimulation than the Wet Fly Fishing can provide. The Tenkara Masters are Inclusive people, advocating for each T-angler to chase down his individual Tenkara Color and refine it to the best of his abilities over time. They make No Demands for adherence to Dogma or Tradition, so follow Your Color, whatever it may happen to be and where ever it may lead you. We are all brothers of the angle...Karl.
Tenkara Addict, have you ever used poppers? Best catch was a approximate 3lb bass on my 12' Seaquest using the CBC Bluegill Special. Send me a message if you want some to try. GOD Bless you and your family Kenneth
Dry fly’s are so much fun. Giving that split second pause before setting the hook after a take on dries greatly improves your hook up rate. @wvbrookchar
Thanks for watching! Here's the same color of yarn that Karl used to tie his Well-Hung Foam Spiders: flytyingyarn.com/products/shetland-black-101-jamiesons-shetland-spindrift-yarn
The Shetland 101 color was chosen because it is not too Black and un-natural looking. The random, Light Gray fibers provide enough sparkling high lights for the fish to see that the Black Under Body will not get completely lost when viewed against black to dark back grounds.
What do you believe os better for tenkara dry flies or tenkara?
The Well-Hung Foam Spider was primarily designed for fishing Free Stone Streams, where the trout have to make quick decisions or the fly will be gone for good. But it did well on Triston’s little Spring Creek, as it will also do on lakes and ponds.
Do you sell them?
i think there is nothing better than a dry fly take. This was a fun video to watch and it had me saying "whoa" out loud a number of times!!
Or, even a trout refusal on a dry fly. Either from getting a look you, the angler, or noticing something about the fly is wrong. That will make you go, "well, one more pool before I pack-up."
I'm one of those guys who came to Tenkara from "traditional" fly fishing, and I find it ironic that, when "Tenkara-ing", it's pretty much all dries for me - the few times I go subsurface, it's usually a dry/dropper rig. I find Tenkara to be ideally suited for dry flies and small streams - I just use the length of the rod to drop my fly where I want it, and with precision and no drag....keep up the dries - you'll be investing in floatant soon.
Ditto. I didn't even know you were supposed to fish Kebari flies wet unitl I watched this! Been putting floatant on them (with excellent results), derp...
I'm just the opposite, I use a 5' long polyleader on the end of a bright furled line, usually on 10' furled line. With about 4' of tippet at the end of the polyleader. Running a 2 nymph rig... it's euro nymphing... the furled line is the sighter.
@@jasonwoodenI believe they are multipurpose.
These are always a great way to start a Saturday!
This reminds me of my high school friend's husband and his passion for fly fishing. They have done very well for themselves and purchased a huge piece of property in WY, built a beautiful house atop a slight hill and literally have "a river runs through it," their land that is. He has become an expert fly fisherman and maker of his own flies, and all he has to do is to walk down from their house to the river that runs through their property to fly fish. Some way to retire, eh?
Enjoyed that video - dry fly fishing is so satisfying and every 'take' is such a beautiful experience I remember each and every one of them . .
No matter what species of fish and what method you use , top water fishing is always explosive fun !! STAY SAFE and keep up the great vlogs ..
I liked that you showed the fly you used. It would be nice if you did it with every video. Even if you only use a couple of different ones or just one fly every time. It would be good info for fly tyers
this creek looks like those around my area we catch brook trout out of them, i bet that fly would slay the blue gills and other panfish, thank you for taking us fishing!! that was extra fun
Awesome video! Dry flies will spoil you, there just so much more fun to fish with. Especially if you can find one that there hitting hard. My favorites are the elk hair caddis and parachute Adams. You can tie both with your wool yarn.
Nice creek, lots of fish, can’t ask for more!!!!
Happy to see this video! I backed the FoxFire for small creek chubs and panfish here in the midwest. Same size fish as what you are catching here.
Can you point me in the right direction how what you use, when you use it and how you set it up? I fly fished with my wrestling Coach today for my very first time. We use two Perigons, one as a dropper and a “bobber” for sight of a hit. We used a rod/reel set up but I’m planning on getting my own Tenkara set up and am in need of counsel. Many thanks and thanks for all the good sends on these videos. 👏🙌🔥❤️
Hey man, love the videos. I’m in Alamosa Co for the week. Brought my fishing gear. Any recommendations on where to go catch some trough?
Beautiful little ballerinas. I tie my own so thanks for posting how to, for the foam spider. Thanks to Carl also
Always cool to see trout smashing a dry fly. Best part of any sort of fly fishing in my opinion. Great video as always.
Hey Tristan been a little while since I posted a comment. I always enjoy when you fish this creek. Got a pretty good chuckle out of the O's, Ah's, and HaHa's as you descended into the deeper cold water. Your "like a ballerina" comment was very illustrative. It also made me chuckle. Thanks for another fun video. I enjoyed watching the takes on the dry flies.
An attractor dry like a stimulator or smaller chubby Chernobyl is also great for panfish and small bass in warm water. Super fun pulling fish with a minimal set up with guys staring at a bobber that doesn’t move most of the day.
Tristan, you gotta branch out and try some hoppers next summer. Caught big Hank this year with my mutant, using for the first time a hopper. In fact I did it on a stream you've fished in the past with some excellent cutthroat. I could hear the grasshoppers just buzzing like crazy in the trees and I knew it was on. Crazy bronzed up cutthroat came from down deep, inspected the hopper, followed it and then just smashed it. Was incredible!
Lots of fun watching you dry flying! I used to fly fish years ago and just got back in recently, but switched to tenkara after getting into camping and exploring more. The minimalist side of it suits me real well and it's so effective. Hooked lol! Thank you for the knowledge and inspiration Tristan 🤙🏻😁. Enjoy your day.
Really enjoyed everything about this session; thanks!
I just fished a creek similar to the one you were in yesterday. Elevation 6500 ft. Outside temperature 30 degrees. Water temperature 37 degrees. Near Dagger Falls, middle fork of the Salmon.
I have to use neoprene waders in order to withstand the cold water.
I even throw a few disposable hand warmers down into my waders to help me stay in creek.
Great video, thank you! 👍
Quite a shift! It’s funny - I came to tenkara about five years ago (with 55+ years in conventional fly fishing), and started initially with regular flies I knew well, e.g., caddis, Adams, etc. Now? Almost always kebari. Very nice video - I greatly appreciate all your productions!
What are your thoughts on how tenkara and traditional fly fishing compare?
@@smashandburn1 I enjoy both. But tenkara, in my experience, is better suited to smaller fish and smaller waters. Just my opinion, though; I’m sure some can use tenkara effectively for larger fish.
@@michaelsmith7193 that seems to fit with what I've seen. Both excel at different things.
Love the video. Do you happen to have the recipe for the well hung spider? Thanks. Great channel.
Tristan landed 22 in an hour and I only counted 4 missed strikes, plus’s 3 or 4 that got off the line that were hooked. That’s pretty darn good! On the rod, the FoxFire Rod is a 12.5 penny rod @ 6’6”, a 12 penny rod @ 8’, and a10.5 penny rod @ the 9+ foot length. Usually, soft rods require a greater rod movement to set the hook than the FoxFire needed. Soft rods usually cast poorly in a wind. I was surprised at how well the FoxFire cast in the wind Tristan had to deal with on that day. I am going to get a FoxFire Rod...Karl.
I am throughly enjoying this channel. So enjoyable, is this a big sport in Japan?
It originated in Japan, but I believe it's fairly niche even in Japan
Wow , great to see you using dries. It's fun to see the top water takes. FYI - Don't need the arrows we can see the takes LOL.
I wonder if the larger fish from Big Springs ever wander in there to munch on some little brookies?
Tying small dry flies with natural materials presents its own challenge. Sure, you can make huge foam ants and catch fish all day. However, my passion is vintage patterns / materials, making them as small as possible to emulate the midges, mayflies, stoneflies, and caddis that I typically see. I began with the help of the two fly tying manuals by Wyoming-tier and guide, Jack Dennis. I still can't come close to the flies he made. So, matching the hatch-size, tying something beautifully proportioned and buoyant, and accomplishing it all with highly-varied natural materials on hooks, size 18 to 22, is challenge in itself. Tying keeps my interest when I'm not on the water.
Dry fly fishing is great. If you can see the dry fly, you can fish the smallest creeks without getting involved with indicators, chunks of metal for weight, or the complications of casting tangle-prone tippet used on a dry-dropper rig. Just dealing with rocks, and overhead or submerged vegetation makes the smallest creeks hazard-prone to the angler, especially if you need to recover your rig being caught up in something. A single dry fly on the end of your tippet is easy enough that I will try very tight spaces and still keep it fun. I intentionally use heavier than needed tippet 3X, because it forms a wider loop, and delivers the tiny fly to the water with less force, and greater precision.
Top water action! Kudos!
Might be the first time i heard ya mention cold water...more then once!
Hi Tristan, here in Austria we fish all kinds of flies with the Tenkara rod. Try Flies, Wet Flies, Nymphs and even Streamers.
Best regards and wishes from Austria!
That creek looks like something I would find down here in Alabama-minus the water moccasins, of course.
NICE.. tomorrow I start MY tenkara/car camping adventure from Travelers rest.....
I enjoy both Kebari and dry flies. Depending on where I am fishing I will throw a dry with a Kebari dropper and have had great success doing so.
Ha I had no idea. I’ve never tenkara fished, but traditional dry fly fishing is exciting watching fish rise and strike.
Love your videos.
I'm hooked. I just caught my first trout ever! A 9" rainbow trout.
I have a 9 ft tenkara rod. I felt I couldn't get to spots with cast. I have 9ft leader then fly. Another 6 ft would have been great. River was 30ft wide. Should I have a length of tippet added to the leader or would that be unruly? Is there a rule of thumb like line should be 1.5x the length of rod?
Thanks
Great video , classic tenkara , like it !!!!!
I smiled all the way through your video.
This is the day I'm been waiting for! Now you don't have to put the arrow anymore if you use dry flies.
Totally agree . . .
I will even dry fly fish when I know my chances are better sub surface because I think the reduced number of exciting surface strikes are worth it. "Madame X" is another easy low cost and very effective general use dry fly pattern. Adams is the old classic, in more modern "parachute" style I like. In tiny streams where it's shallow the surface is just as close to their mouth as anywhere else too.. So they can work just as well as sub surface, with the exciting takes.
Absolutely perfect. Feel like I’m there. Mahalo
I thought your kebari flies were dry flies also? I have used them as dry flies anyways lol.
I fish the UK southern chalk streams. North and south of Salisbury. At the top gin clear - more a brook, at the bottom slow - a proper river with everything from barble, Atlantic salmon, dace, roach, rudd, etc etc, even carp (care of the medieval monks)
Ingigenous pike, are fun on a fly rod. Somehow here they live in streams. Can be caught on a fly rod.
=====
We can for the first few months of the season, only fish with max, medium/small, dry only flies, and upstream dry only. Easy to drag it under, of you are caught you lose your membership of the club.
Makes it tough. Trying to explain to a Japanese person. 'That makes it hard' hmm welcome to English fly fishing.
Dries, that pattern in particular, might be a wise option for vision impaired fisherman that find it difficult to see 5X tippet at a distance. A white floating fly with a surface 'take' is a lot easier to see.
Love dry fly fishing. I am surprised not bigger fish in that creek, it looks so fishy.
That was fun. Cheers!
Can Tenkara rods be used to fish for panfish that we have in west Tennessee?
great vid might I ask if there is a step by step on the hung spider and what size foam cutter is it any info would be great thanks Mark
Mark, the Foam Cutters are sized for the size hook you are using. There is a reply below on how to get to the tying instructions under your name...K.
so clear
Hi Tristan. If you would like to make your FoxFire Rod Feel Stiffer/Faster, Cast # 2.5 Line in stead of a 3.5 Line on it...Karl.
Ya man , those spring feds are cold . Have one spot , only a foot deep , but so cold , without waders 5 minutes tops .
Spot nya sempit tapi air nya jernih ikan nya melimpah 👍👍👍👍
Where do you find the tenkara flies?
What's the size of the line and length and fly?
What camera gear do you use?
Tristan, or Subscribers, what type of line do you recommend for fishing dry flies? The level line is fluorocarbon, which sinks....???
Thanks
The line to use depends on where you are fishing and the conditions you are fishing under. For stream fishing, Level FC Lines are preferred because you want to hold the line up and off of the water to get drag free drifts. The fact that FC line sinks does not matter because only the fly and tippet are on/in the water.
When wind becomes an issue, holding your line up off of the water will cause your fly to be ripped right out of the water, so 1 alternative is to lower your rod so the line is on/in the water. Where the line sinking becomes a problem, go to a Floating Tenkara Line, used with a tapered Mono Leader and tippet. The heavier PVC Floating line will cast better in the wind as well, which is mostly used on Stillwaters.
For really windy conditions, a Tungsten Wire Line will cut through the wind like a Hot Knife cuts through butter and sink like a stone, limiting you to wet flies only. Esoteric Tackle sells Tungsten Lines.
@@karlklavon1795 Thanks very much, Karl. Great info! Wow, tungsten line! Who'd have thunk it.....
Do you fish kebaris in winter?
Tristan was mistaken, I do not tie flies for sale. The information I put up is free and offered as an Angling Public Service. My opinions are strictly my own and I get no compensation from any financial concerns. I asked Tristan to test the Well-Hung Foam Spider because he is an impartial 3rd Party we all know and trust. Great job on the Video Tristan, and Thank You Very Much...Karl.
I don't believe I said the flies were for sale
I would not call The Well-Hung Spider a True Dry Fly; it is a Damp Fly, as are most Ant, Beetle and Hopper Patterns, mired in the water rather than sitting lightly on top of the water. The difference between a Damp Fly and a Dry Fly is only a Fraction of an Inch but, that fraction of an Inch makes an incredible difference in the Fish’s Willingness to Take The Fly, that’s what makes The Well-Hung Spider such a More Effective Fly than are most ant, beetle and Hopper patterns. But the Spider is easier to See and lands more Delicately on the water than the other Terrestrial Patterns do, which is a big advantage in my book.
Does the Foxfire lock in securely at the three different lengths? I can’t get my Mizuchi and Mutant to keep from sliding in and out when I try and fish them at their two smaller lengths
TJ: check the butt cap o-rings. I replaced the o-rings on my Mutant and it locks in fine now. sizes are (all mm): 6x1.5 and 8x1.5. I bought mine off amazon
@@mvsc-k5e the butt cap o-rings at the very base of the butt cap?
@@tj6111 yes exactly. if they’re worn out, then the zoom sections won’t lock into place. one was broken on my Mutant; replaced it, and locks perfectly.
@@mvsc-k5e hmmm ok. I just pulled the cap off my Mizuchi. O-ring is busted so that answers that. Now, just need to figure out my Mutant’s issue. They won’t lock in place but the cap on that one looks totally fine
@@tj6111 hmmm that is bizarre. are the blanks clean of debris? outside of that, ask the DT folks (they’re really good with support). and good luck! once you get it fixed i’d be interested in hearing the issue in case I ever experience the same…
hi is the grey partridge tied in like a post under the foam any info would be great thanks mark
Hi Mark! If you get on the 10 colors Tenkara Board Topics, go to the Kebari and Flies Topic. There you will find a post titled something like, A New Hook For My well-Hung Foam Spider Pattern. There is a List Of The Tying Materials, followed by The Tying Instructions there.
@@karlklavon1795 Thanks mark
To answer you question, the answer ie Yes, the Foam Over-Body tie in point provides the Post to wrap the Parachute Hackle around in-between the over and under bodies, with a Whip-Finish made in between the hackle fiber legs and a drop of head cement (top & bottom) is used to secure everything in place.
On the matter of Tristan’s reluctance to embrace Dry Fly fishing with Tenkara Tackle and its being contrary to the traditions of fishing Kebari Wet Fly Patterns in Tenkara Fly Fishing, in all fishing there will be times bugs will be seen on the water. And often, at those times, fish will be seen eating those bugs. If the Tenkara Anglers of old had the Technology to float their flies, they would have embraced Dry Fly Fishing. To catch more fish to support their family’s with.
As the above comments indicate, publicizing the effectiveness of fishing Dry Flies on Tenkara Tackle will promote Tenkara Fly Fishing to a larger segment of the angling public that wants more visual stimulation than the Wet Fly Fishing can provide. The Tenkara Masters are Inclusive people, advocating for each T-angler to chase down his individual Tenkara Color and refine it to the best of his abilities over time. They make No Demands for adherence to Dogma or Tradition, so follow Your Color, whatever it may happen to be and where ever it may lead you. We are all brothers of the angle...Karl.
@@karlklavon1795 Thanks Mark
Well-hung spiders are easy to identify by their 3rd leg. It's always longer than the others.
Lol yep!
I see what you did there . . .
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Tenkara Addict, have you ever used poppers? Best catch was a approximate 3lb bass on my 12' Seaquest using the CBC Bluegill Special. Send me a message if you want some to try.
GOD Bless you and your family
Kenneth
I saw a thread on a trout fishing board about fishing for trout with poppers.
Trying new things can be risky. Pretty soon you'll be keeping a fish for dinner. It's all downhill after that
I find cold water temperatures fine once you become numb ;0)
Whoever Karl is I want 5
Dry fly’s are so much fun. Giving that split second pause before setting the hook after a take on dries greatly improves your hook up rate. @wvbrookchar