DRAGONtail Tenkara Blog

We love the color purple in our flies because it holds it color better than any other color in the color spectrum. It is also very close to the UV light spectrum, and fish just absolutely dig this color. We...

The Futsu Kebari (kebari means "fishing fly" in Japanese) is a stiff hackle (dry fly hackle) tenkara fly associated with Japanese Tenkara Fishing. It is not meant to mimic a specific insect but is more general profile of food. This fly can be...

How to tie a Peacock Hot Head Futsu Kebari by Brent Auger of DRAGONtail Tenkara. This is a great effective tenkara fly pattern for trout. Hope you enjoy our many Tenkara Fly Tying videos. You can also buy this fly...

The Sakasa Kebari (kebari means "fishing fly" in Japanese) is a reverse-hackle fly (commonly a softer hackle) that is mostly associated with Japanese Tenkara Fishing. It is not meant to mimic a specific insect but similar to what I would consider an...