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  • Angles For Capturing Richer Colors In Trout Photos
    September 12, 2022

    Angles For Capturing Richer Colors In Trout Photos

    Have you ever caught a beautiful trout and taken a photo of it and when you got home you find the photo did not capture all the wonderful colors of the trout? Super frustrating, let me show you a quick tip with the right angles to instantly and easily improve your trout photos...
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  • Back Casting Over The Willows - Tenkara Advantages
    August 30, 2022

    Back Casting Over The Willows - Tenkara Advantages

    One of my favorite things about using tenkara gear when fishing creeks surrounded by willows is I don't really have to worry about my back cast. This allows me to get into the best positions to fish the water before me without worrying about back cast snags. Let me show you in this video...
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  • Little Black Jun Kebari - Tenkara Fly Tying Video
    July 7, 2022

    Little Black Jun Kebari - Tenkara Fly Tying Video

    This is a very effective little soft hackle for anywhere trout live. I normally don't fish small flies that much but my dad was fishing this fly a lot last year with great success. I have made it a staple in my fly box this year and it has been great, especially when the fish are not hitting my normal size 12 flies that I fish most of the time. Works great on both small and large fish. 
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  • Ice Fire Bead Head Soft Hackle
    November 18, 2021

    Ice Fire Bead Head Soft Hackle

    We love fishing Bead Head Soft Hackles all year round.  These types of patterns are easily our most productive, go to, and confidence patterns to fish. We love to fish them on a dead drift upstream presentation, on a swing,...

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  • violet mendori jun kebari
    November 10, 2021

    Violet Mendori Jun Kebari

    Hen Feathers are our absolute favorite to tie, and tying them in a Jun or Soft Hackle style is our go to.  We have tremendous confidence in these styles of patterns.  Mendori means Hen Feather, and Jun means normal hackle. ...

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  • Golden Peacock Sakasa Kebari
    November 5, 2021

    Golden Peacock Sakasa Kebari

    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...

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