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| Brassie Sakasa Kebari |
Brassie Sakasa Kebari
Hook: Mustad C49S
Thread: Orvis thread tan 8/0
Hackle: Hungarian partridge
Body: peacock herl collar and UTC ulta small diameter copper wire
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010
The Brassie Sakasa Kebari
Seeing that I have nothing inspirational to post about today I thought I would post about a kebari pattern that I came up with this past summer. When fished, most sakasa kebari flies that I have tied will float at the surface or within about 10 inches of the surface. I wanted a sakasa kebari that would sink fairly fast when I had a chance to fish some fast water. At the time I had no beads to use so I looked for ideas elsewhere. Of all of the patterns I have looked through one in particular jumped to the front of the line. Brassie's were developed out west for the same reason I needed one. They sink well and have a great attraction to them and they have been found to work well in many other waters around the country. So, like other sakasa kebari variations I have tied, I combined aspects of two flies to make one. I didn't have the chance to use them on fast water this year. I tended to stick with my Royal Sakasa Kebari when I went looking for brookies (see Nov. post for "The Royal Family). However, I did try the Brassie SK's at the millpond around the corner a few times. I found that 4 out of 5 bluegills preferred the taste of this kebari to the others that I had tried with them. I even picked up a few pumpkin seed's and small largemouth bass to boot. I look forward to trying them on fast water like I intended but if worse comes to worse they will work on panfish. On a side note, anyone interested in this type of sakasa kebari should checkout the Nov. 25th Thanksgiving "Tina Louise Kebari" and Nov 21st post at http://www.troutrageous.blogspot.com/ . He has some great looking flies. In addition, Chris Stewart at http://www.tenkarabum.com/ has another version he calls "Sakasa Copperbari" that is a good looking fly.
Thanks for the nod. Like you brassie as well. The variety found in a simple tenkara-style pattern is amazing. I love how us Americans are bastardizing those traditional Japanese flies (in a good way).
ReplyDeleteA very basic, and simple pattern. But well tied.
ReplyDeleteNice work.
Thanks guys I appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking fly. I've been reading through your archives and love your sakasa kebari variations. Gives me inspiration for when I sit down to tie. I've been using this pattern (various colors) since I got into tenkara about 7 months ago and love it. Keep posting your flies!
ReplyDeleteBrandon, Thanks very much. I love to experiment with flies. I think the Sakasa Kebari are a great type of fly to do this with and they are easy to tie. Very few materials are needed to come up with quite a few variations. I have a lot more in waiting that I will eventually post.
ReplyDeleteI'm also curious, what size hook do you use?
ReplyDeleteBrandon, I generally use a size 12 C49S. Whether it's a 17" fish or a 5" one they all seem to hit the fly. Lately I have been tying some size 16 as well. I try and keep it simple.
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