DRAGONtail Tenkara Blog

Sakasa Kebari are the most recognized type of kebari pattern.  They are a reversed soft hackle meaning the hackle faces forward over the eye of the hook, rather than towards the back of the hook.  It is tied with a...

Here we tied a classic style North Country Spider Soft Hackle Pattern.  We believe that it is important to honor the history in fly tying.  These styles of patterns have been around since the 1500s, this makes them a very...

Over the years we have sold countless Wire Body Sakasa Kebari. With that in mind we wanted to help show everyone our personal technique in wrapping the wire. This pattern color combination I will call the Iron Man Sakasa Kebari...

The Golden Kogeki Futsu Kebari is a pattern that uses turkey biots to create an easy and beautiful tapered ridge body. The hackle is stiff and will allow you to fish this pattern in a variety of ways. Brandon chose...

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...