Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Trout Fin Sakasa Kebari


Trout Fin Sakasa Kebari
In my humble opinion, I think the brook trout is one of the most beautiful fish that one could ever hope to have dangling at the end of his or her fishing line.  Some people set up aquariums to watch tropical fish and soothe their nerves.  I can get the same feeling by watching one of these little guys going about his business in a small mountain stream.  I could easily understand why they can be such a popular fish to catch.  I love to tie classic wet flies and a few months ago I came across several patterns that I thought I might try.  Two patterns I found especially appealing were the Trout Fin and Fontalis Fin.  Both represent a brook trout's fin.  It has been difficult for me to find the origin of these flies but what information I have found amounts to that in years past fishermen who caught brookies would clip a fin and throw it on a hook and use it to induce a strike from a brook trout defending a territory.  I think that's a very clever idea but impractical for me because I practice catch and release.  I have yet to master combining the sections of duck feathers to make a perfect wing for one of these classic wet flies so I had another idea.  I have combine various aspects of other flies with those of a sakasa kebari in the past and thought I would try it with this color pattern as well. The result is the fly seen above.  I'm hoping that either the color or the movement of the hackle will trigger a strike. In any case I think it's a beautiful looking fly and I can't wait to try it next spring.

Trout Fin Sakasa Kebari
Hook: Mustad C49S
Hackle: Gray Hungarian Partridge
Thread: black Uni-Thread 6/0
Body: Pearsall's hot orange silk thread or Uni-Floss, orange
Tail: Uni-Floss, white

9 comments:

  1. Good looking little bug and an interesting color concept.
    On marriage of the differing feathers talk to Don at this site. He's about as good as any I've ever seen at wets!
    http://donbastianwetflies.wordpress.com/

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  2. Thanks for the compliment and the info. I will definitely check out that site.

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  3. Very nice. That's really quite attractive. I'm sure the brookies will find it pretty as well.

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  4. Troutrageous, thanks. As far as looks go, this is one of my favorite s.k. variations.

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  5. Keep those beautiful fly posts coming. Lots of inspiration here. This is starting to become of my favorite blogs.... (besides mine of course!). Looking forward to see more from you. -K

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  6. Goneflyfishing, Thank you very much, it's appreciated. When I first started blogging last month I wasn't expecting much attention but I have to say and my wife would agree that I'm starting to become a little obsessed about reading other's blogs (like yours) and connecting with people who have similar interests (or obsessions depending on who's viewpoint we're talking about). This whole experience has been very cool!

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  7. We should all get our wives together.... obsession is exactly how she would describe my blogging!

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  8. Another fine fly.
    Wild trout will love it.

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  9. Blake, my wife thinks many of the things I'm into, fishing, hiking, fly tying, blogging are all obsessions and does'nt "get them." But thankfully she loves me anyway.

    Brk Trt, Thanks again.

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