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Saturday, February 4, 2012

The Devil

Originally my plan for this weekend was to ski, but the little blizzard that came through yesterday made travel on the Front Range a bit challenging, so I had some time today to spend at my tying vise. Having had a conversation with Graham of Tenkara Grasshopper earlier today about red hooks and how they probably would catch trout without any dressing, I thought I would tie some with at least "a bit" of dressing.

So I tied what I call the Red Devil Sakasa Kebari with one of the red octopus hooks, some black wire and a jungle cock spade feather (thanks Jason!):


And then I rememberd having picked-up some free black octopus hooks of Allen Fly Fishing at the Denver Fly Fishing show, so I had to see how it would look like when I reverse the colors, aka the Black Devil Sakasa Kebari:


I hope to give the duo a workout soon, maybe tomorrow on the Blue after some skiing...


Tight Lines, -K
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5 comments:

  1. TenkaraGrasshopperFebruary 4, 2012 at 9:01 PM

    Those are awesome Karel.

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  2. TenkaraOnTheFlyFebruary 4, 2012 at 9:10 PM

    Thanks for the inspiration, Graham.

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  3. Dub The ThoraxFebruary 4, 2012 at 9:24 PM

    beautiful bugs. Nicely done.

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  4. KiwiFebruary 4, 2012 at 10:04 PM

    Very, very cool! Let us know how they do.

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  5. Tenkara-FishingFebruary 5, 2012 at 11:54 AM

    Hey Karel, Those look great! I have been fishing red hooks dressed with both grizzly and black hackle and red or black silk bodies for a while now and they are very effective. Bet your will work great.

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