There are many things I am good at. I can cast a heavy streamer into the wind, I've built a couple decent looking fly rods, and both my wife and my mother think I am a damn handsome fellow. One thing I have yet to master is tying a decent fly. I tie flies in fits and starts, devoting hours a day for a week or so, and then putting away my vise for months at a time. As with anything, I know it takes practice, and I just can't seem to devote the time.

Tomorrow I am heading back to the Little Sur with my tenkara rod, so I thought I would dust off my vise, dig out my feathers and try my hand at a few sakasa kerabri reverse hackle tenkara flies. I have a handful of black and gray sakasa's in my box, and while they caught a fair number of fish, they weren't greeted with the kind of enthusiasm I am used to on that river.

I am hoping that by tying similar profiles on a slightly larger (14 instead of 16) and by using some brighter colors, they might get more action. I'll report my findings when I get back. 

--Posted by Eben