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What does a horse, a seagull and a sheep have in common? Well today at least, they have all unwittingly donated fly tying materials to my cause. Yesterday I arrived in Cornwall. I'm planning to fish for native trout in the fast bright streams that tumble down from the moor and into the Atlantic. I thought it would be an interesting challenge to leave my fly boxes at home, arriving only with some basic tying tools, a few hooks and some grey thread. I will scavenge some fly materials directly from the local landscape and see if I can tie up some passable kebari and catch wild trout with them. I have been thinking about folk fly patterns that have evolved from materials locally to hand and about the resourcefulness of fly-tying artisans living remote in time or space from any Orvis shop. How much more their fly patterns must resonate with the landscape for being a product of it. I hope that I can find a stronger connection too by getting

up close and personal - Eso Zoom 245/206 rod review

Eso Tenkara Zoom 245cm/206cm (8'/6'9") from Esoteric Tackle The Eso Tenkara Zoom can be fished at either 8' (245cm) or just 6' 9'' (206cm), putting it on the understandably short list of ultra-short tenkara rods. It's available, shipped worldwide from Esoteric tackle on The Isle of Man, suppliers of all things tenkara. Who is this rod for? Primarily anyone with a love of tenkara at short range on tiny, overgrown streams - I 've owned and fished this little rod for three years now and it's become a firm favourite. I think micro-tenkara enthusiasts chasing mini-species may also find a place in their hearts for this rod too. It's a miniaturist's dream, coming in at a shade under 2 ounces (56gm) - and most of that weight is in the handle - with a blank diameter of just 1/4" (6mm) at the winding check. The rod has six sections and a somewhat abbreviated handle at just under 9"(22.5cm), which is in proportion,

kebari profile #1 - black rooster & peacock herl - trimmed & scraggy

Welcome to a new series profiling some simple and effective kebari patterns. I don't know the provenance of most of these flies or if they have any particular name. Most I just sat down and tied one day when I had a particular need, and if they caught me fish I kept on tying them. While I was making them I did think though about the materials used and how the design might lend certain properties to the finished kebari, and I thought too about the ways they would be fished. I don't formulate patterns to imitate any particular bug, but I think instead about how best to present a target to the fish that will trigger a take. This for me is the true essence of tenkara. Readers interested in further discussion on this topic may enjoy my earlier post here . My good friend Karel Lansky over at tenkara on the fly puts it most succinctly when he says 'presentation over imitation.' So first up, the black rooster and peacock herl stiff hackle kebari . A fly to use

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