Downloaded the two videos, the accompanying pdf file, plus the updated How to Fool Fish with Simple Flies pdf files today. No problems, except for my internet connect being a bit slow.

The videos delivered robust information as expected. JP I appreciate the tying tips, advice, and demonstrations. I even liked the bit about leaving on a few errant feather barbs sticking out of the kebari body.

One trick not presented that I learned after finding the name of a well known western style fly fishing Japanese angler and book author, whose name I don’t recall, is to leave the tail end of the thread long when wrapping on the base layer of thread. Later you can counter wrap it forward over the peacock herl, zenmai or wool yarn body, the same way JP demonstrated. (or wrap the peacock herl or yarn round the thread). The forward end is finished off with a couple of half hitches or just a few turns round, which are farther secured by being over wrapped with thread coming off the bobbin as you complete the fly. I use that technique once in a while, just for variation in how I do things. It seems to work well.

I’ve also found green thread to be an attractive color to fish. You will see several green thread kebari in Ajari’s kebari box in the Tenkara New Techniques DVD featuring Takahashi Shin & Saigō Kazumi. [ 高橋伸と西郷和巳 ]