Reverse Hackle Tenkara Fly
(Sekasa Kebari)
Hook: Kamasan B100 size 14
Thread: Grey 14/0 Thread
Hackle: Indian Hen Saddle – Badger Variant
Body/ Head: Grey 14/0 Thread
Tag: Red 14/0 Thread
1) Place hook in vise and wax end of tying thread.
2) Catch thread behind eye of the hook and wind down to a point where the ‘head’ will begin.
If a longer fibred hackle is all that is available then it can be tied in further down the hook shank, this can simulate the shorter fibred hackle by whipping down the butts of the wound longer hackle to a point where a shorter fibred hackle would have originally been tied in.
3) Select a suitable hackle and stroke back the fibres leaving a workable amount of tip fibres for tying in.
4) Tie the feather in by the tip just behind the head.
5) Snip off the waste tip fibres, form a bulbous head and place a few wraps of thread behind the feather to help keep it upright.
6) Wrap the feather in touching turns toward the bend of the hook until the desired density of fibres are achieved. Tie off and snip the waste fibres/stem.
7) Tie in a section of Red sheer thread and secure along hook shank until the tag position is reached.
8) Form the red tag (here I have wound the Grey thread back up the hook shank temporarily to allow easier tying of the tag).
9) Tie off red tag and remove waste thread. Wind Grey thread up the hook, forming a tapered body ( a bitty better than this). Whip finish thread behind the hackle and trim waste.
Iain
