Tying Tenkara Flies

Volume 1

With Dr. Hisao Ishigaki, Chris Stewart, Daniel Gallhardo

Tying Tenkara Flies Volume 1 provides clear step-by-step instructions for tying 17 different patterns tied by Dr. Ishigaki, Daniel Galhardo and myself. The DVD has 2.5 hours of video, primarily tying but also some on-stream video. The 4-page recipe booklet is included.

Produced by LearnTenkara in 2012, Tying Tenkara Flies Volume 1 went of production in 2013 when LearnTenkara vanished off the face of the earth. The planned Volume 2 was never produced.

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"Be sure in casting, that your fly fall first into the water, for if the line fall first, it scares or frightens the fish..." -
Col. Robert Venables 1662

As age slows my pace, I will become more like the heron.

We've all had situations where seriously chewed up flies kept catching fish after fish after fish. It is no sin to tie flies that come off the vise looking seriously chewed up.

Warning:

The hooks are sharp.
The coffee's hot.
The fish are slippery when wet.

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