Tying a Tenkara Fishing Fly with Davie McPhail.

[daransidoo]

Sweet fly as usual, great source of inspiration.I've spent nice time this winter, looking yours vids and tying new flies on the vise.Few weeks and the new season starts here in Italy. Thanks so much.

[pat34ful]

thanks for your fly tying videos , you're actually talented

[paleozon]

Hi Davie, I was just wondering if you had a chance to try the Tenkara method of fly fishing. Its simplicity is convincing. I have had a Tenkara rod for a good while now, but has not yet used it for trout. I enjoyed your video as always. Thanks for sharing.

Moulay

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi Moulay(paleozon),

I have fished the Tenkara style flies a few times in the summer months when the rivers have been low and found that it can bring fish up when they have been reluctant to do so, but I used my 10ft 4# rod as I don't have a Tenkara rod..I'm glad that you are enjoying the videos and hope you get a chance to use your Tenkara rod...

All the best Davie

[nikrguy]

Hi Davie,

As always thank you for the most excellent instruction. How does this fly ride in the water? Does the body/hook pierce the film with the hackle and wing floating above, like a parachute, but the hook perpendicular to the water's surface?

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi nikrguy,

The fly sits in the water much like an emerging nymph but if you bob the fly in the surface by keeping the rod high and having a straight line to the fly you'll find the trout find it at times irrisitable by this movement, it can be great fun when there's very little fly on the surface...

All the best Davie

[moolie651]

hi davie. started tying tenkara flys in different colours, in 14s to 18s size. response from trout, brown and rainbow, fantastic, just showing them something different was amazing. thank you for sharing this pattern. mick.

[casuallytactical]

Great videos and many thanks!

[MattSadgrove]

Davie, Thank you for all your expertise on tying flies, I have just started tying my own and find your presentation and manner the easiest to follow. I have a brother in London working in Media and editing if you have not yet made any decisions on a C.D. He is a Kiwi like me and would put you on to the right people if he could not help. Hope you get a chance to fish New Zealand. Cheers Again. Look forward to your further tuition.

Respectfully yours

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi MattSadgrove,

Thankyou for the kind words and I'm happy that you are enjoying them...I wish your bother worked close by, but London is ten hours drive for me, as I have had and still having lots of problems with all parts of filming, authoring, lighting and one of the worst being microphones, but I have had to learn all what I know myself..

I would have too many questions for him..

I would love to visit your wonderful country one day but need to win lotto first.

All the best Davie

[prinzmaha]

Hi Dave,

After seeing this clip, I'm trying to figure out what the fly is supposed to imitate? It seems like a lovely fly and looks like a really good fishkiller.

/Mahir

[oholidzo]

@prinzmaha

these flies imitate emerging phase of aquatic insects, simmilar is klinkhamer.

the reason why they are so effective is that they imitate very voulnerable stadium of fly, it is very certain for the fish that it will catch insect in this phase due to insects inability to fly. spinners,for example are ready to fly of so fish would prefer the tenkara to some other high floating fly most of the time.

[tenkarausa]

Nicely done, very cool new tenkara pattern. Thanks for your interest in tenkara.

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi tenkarausa,

Thankyou very much for your kind words about the fly that I tyed I appreciate them a lot...

All the best Davie

[newlabber]

Hi Davie, very interesting, I do like your international approach. It's always interesting to learn something new from fellow fly tiers, and how they fish.

This one reminded me of Neil Patterson's upside down Funnel Dun dry flies. John Roberts gives it's background in his New Illustrated Dictionary of Trout Flies,1986.

All the best, Peter.

[lykos1963]

Davie, have you considered putting together a dvd of all your flies? You already have all the videos to start in a number of different styles etc...I'd buy that sucker in a heart beat!

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi lykos1963,

I really need advice and help to produce quality Dvds so that they work anywhere in the world and that there are no problems viewing them. I have been looking to do a course on how to do this..

Thankyou for asking..

All the best Davie

[yourmotherFer]

Great tie Davie. So did you have a go at the tenkara yet?

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi yourmotherFer,

This weekend I'm planning to film myself fishing this fly as well as the two Polish nymphs which I have uploaded recently as long as the weather is o.k so you'll hopefully see them in action...

All the best Davie

[yourmotherFer]

@DavieMcPhail Any luck there Davie?

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi yourmotherFer,

If you want to have fun fishing for small Brown Trout then with these flies you will catch all day. The way things has worked out I just couldn't get a chance to film myself fishing these flies. Give it a go if you can especially in the fast water as this is where I had the best fishing..

All the best Davie

[darz3]

Thanks for the pattern,superb as usual, the fishing style reminds me a lot of dapping with a floss line, wonder how the Tenkara fishing would work on the upper Wye & Usk

[brandollarz]

cheers Davie,

when i first started tying, i tied these before i knew it was already a pattern.

i used it as a way of using up the big hackles left over on a cape and only recently found it to be a known pattern! it just go's to show.. you try coming up with new tying methods but they have all been done before.. the only new method i can think of is the half hog winging method.. would you know roughly how long the wing post methods been around?

thanks again,

Tight lines

Tight lines

[sasquatch446]

This tenkara has really hit off.

[Pablo1900PG]

Thanks Davie, another beatifull piece of art.

Is this fly for trout or could be used for salmon too?. Thanks again, Pablo

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi Pablo1900PG,

Yes the pattern I tyed is for trout but I'm sure a fly tyed in this style could catch a salmon but this would be another story..

All the best Davie

[lukeyfc]

hi davie love the fly is this fished as a dry fly and is there anything else that u could use for the body instead of turkey biot

all the best for the furture

best fly tyer i have seen so far

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi lukeyfc,

I have sent you two links of videos on youtube of the best person to show how these flies should be fished watch very closely..

For the body just use natural pheasant tail or thread..

All the best Davie