Tying a Tenkara Fishing Fly with Davie McPhail.

Tying a Tenkara Fishing Fly with Davie McPhail

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• Fly
• Tying
• Tenkara
• Fishing
• Japan
• USA
• UK
• Davie
• McPhail

[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

[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

[pat34ful]

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

[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!

[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.