Here is a slideshow of the majority of my collection of tenkara flies. Most of these flies were gifts from tenkara anglers in Japan, and a large part of this collection was tied by Mr. Yoshikazu Fujioka who recreated historical tenkara flies he learned about in books and through hearsay.
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Great collection of flies! I have tried to a tie a few of them myself!
Thank you so much for this incredible resource. I can’t wait to tie some of these patterns. It really makes it hard to think of fishing one fly…I wanna fish ’em all.
Do you know how heavy that line is that is tied into the eyeless flies? How long is it and do you connect it with a loop to loop connection to the main line or tippet?
Matt and Jeremy,
The ones that have a long clear line are essentially snelled hooks with a heavy tippet at the end. In Japan it is very common to have eyeless hooks and this is a way to make an eye. I’d guess they are 3X. I am not sure what knot the original anglers would have preferred, but I’d likely use a loop to loop, this would allow me to change flies without cutting tippet.
Thanks for sharing the flies Daniel. I too am curious about the tippet attached to several of the flies. I’d like to try making a few of them. Got any more cool flies to share?