Spring Grey Tenkara
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Spring Grey Tenkara
I remember that this pattern caused a bit of a stir when it was posted several years ago, so perhaps it will generate some interest again ...
Some of the same morons who throw their trash around in National parks also vote. That alone would explain the state of American politics. ~ John Gierach, "Still Life with Brook Trout"
Re: Spring Grey Tenkara
Funny, but I don't remember it, which is odd, since it's a great looking fly.
Bob
Re: Spring Grey Tenkara
Wow Bill that's a beauty. We use one in northeastern Pennsylvania very similar but it doesn't have the yellow tag. It's called "stick bait". Underneath the body I put two wraps of lead tape to weight it and get it down.....i'm going to have to try that ligher version .....it looks to be deadly.
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Re: Spring Grey Tenkara
I remember it very well. It is on my top list and looks like a relative to the Half Stone.
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Re: Spring Grey Tenkara
Interesting. "Stick bait" is an older term for a live caddis larva.Theroe wrote:We use one in northeastern Pennsylvania very similar but it doesn't have the yellow tag. It's called "stick bait".
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Re: Spring Grey Tenkara
That's gobsmackingly beautiful Bill, 20 outa 10!
Stunning tie and gorgeous photo, glad u re-shared it m8.
K
Stunning tie and gorgeous photo, glad u re-shared it m8.
K
Re: Spring Grey Tenkara
..... which was my preferred method in the late 60s and early 70s before I converted to the long rod. Positivity deadly bait. I remember sometime in the early 70s Mike 1971 in 1972 there was an article and field and stream titled naturals. It was all about fishing with an ultralight rod, 2 pound test and using caddis flies dobsonflies and stones fly nymphs as live bait.....redietz wrote:Interesting. "Stick bait" is an older term for a live caddis larva.Theroe wrote:We use one in northeastern Pennsylvania very similar but it doesn't have the yellow tag. It's called "stick bait".
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Re: Spring Grey Tenkara
I'm sure it was/is a deadly bait. It's mentioned too frequently in texts over hundreds of years not to be. I suspect the reason there weren't artificials to represent it until comparatively recently in angling history is that it was too easy to use the real thing before fly fishing purism came along. (As opposed to live Mayflies, for example.)Theroe wrote: Positivity deadly bait. I remember sometime in the early 70s Mike 1971 in 1972 there was an article and field and stream titled naturals. It was all about fishing with an ultralight rod, 2 pound test and using caddis flies dobsonflies and stones fly nymphs as live bait.....
I'm not sure how the fly pictured, especially when fished tenkara style, could possibly be mistaken for a caddis larva, though. I'd fish it without hesitation during a Hendrickson hatch, though.
Bob
Re: Spring Grey Tenkara
That's a good point, however I know nothing about Tenkara.
One point I do want to make: I do better with flies than one of my friends does with live nymphs. Many times we have fished side-by-side.... i've come to believe over the years it has a lot more to do with presentation than what's on the end of the line.
One point I do want to make: I do better with flies than one of my friends does with live nymphs. Many times we have fished side-by-side.... i've come to believe over the years it has a lot more to do with presentation than what's on the end of the line.
Soft and wet - the only way....
Re: Spring Grey Tenkara
Truth.Theroe wrote:That's a good point, however I know nothing about Tenkara.
One point I do want to make: I do better with flies than one of my friends does with live nymphs. Many times we have fished side-by-side.... i've come to believe over the years it has a lot more to do with presentation than what's on the end of the line.
Some of the same morons who throw their trash around in National parks also vote. That alone would explain the state of American politics. ~ John Gierach, "Still Life with Brook Trout"