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Tied my first fly in a couple of months. That's a Gamakatsu S10-B in size 8. I really like this hook, but I struggle with the size 8 for some reason. Think I did it justice here, though. It's has got a natural "black" yarn body with a gold colored rib. The wing is deer hair. Tied it in hand (without a vise) using YLI 100 weight silk thread.

I caught one crappie on this fly and then promptly lost it in a tree. C'est la vie.

#flyfishing #flytying #fishing #deerhair #silkthread #wool #yarn #tenkara #crappie #hook

I screwed up my morning fishing expedition, so I took a little time to do fishing during my afternoon hike. This guy took a rather large elk hair bug on the surface. I can't believe it was able to swallow the whole thing.

#flyfishing #tenkara #fishing #bluegill #lake #sunfish

I made it back up to the Nantahala National Forest this past weekend. The leaves were not yet in full swing, but they were beautiful all the same.

I did not see a trout. The fish in the photo is a rosyside dace (a minnow). It ate a size 18 wet fly.

#flyfishing #fishing #dace #minnow #tenkara #creek #santeetlah #mountain #huckleberryknob #hiking #nature #outdoors #wetfly

The bass are still busy spawning and sitting on their nests, but I was able to land one last night. My hollow deceiver looks skinny out of the water, but it has volume under water where the fibers aren't under tension.

#FlyFishing #fishing #tenkara #hollowdeceiver #largemouthbass #ditchpickle #greentrout #lake #nature #outdoors

The bass are still busy spawning and sitting on their nests, but I was able to land one last night. My hollow deceiver looks skinny out of the water, but it has volume under water where the fibers aren't under tension.

#FlyFishing #fishing #tenkara #hollowdeceiver #largemouthbass #ditchpickle #greentrout #lake #nature #outdoors

The bass are still busy spawning and sitting on their nests, but I was able to land one last night. My hollow deceiver looks skinny out of the water, but it has volume under water where the fibers aren't under tension.

#FlyFishing #fishing #tenkara #hollowdeceiver #largemouthbass #ditchpickle #greentrout #lake #nature #outdoors

The bass are still busy spawning and sitting on their nests, but I was able to land one last night. My hollow deceiver looks skinny out of the water, but it has volume under water where the fibers aren't under tension.

#FlyFishing #fishing #tenkara #hollowdeceiver #largemouthbass #ditchpickle #greentrout #lake #nature #outdoors

I got a lot of refusals at a different lake last night, but they were ready to roll at Stone Mountain tonight. I've been trying out a sort of heavy deer hair bug. Fishing with a Tenkara, I am holding the fly on the surface of the water. The "too long" hook allows me to give it a lot of motion on the surface.

#FlyFishing #fishing #largemouthbass #greentrout #ditchpickle #tenkara #deerhaircaddis #lake #sunset #nature #stonemountainga #georgia #hiking

I got a lot of refusals at a different lake last night, but they were ready to roll at Stone Mountain tonight. I've been trying out a sort of heavy deer hair bug. Fishing with a Tenkara, I am holding the fly on the surface of the water. The "too long" hook allows me to give it a lot of motion on the surface.

#FlyFishing #fishing #largemouthbass #greentrout #ditchpickle #tenkara #deerhaircaddis #lake #sunset #nature #stonemountainga #georgia #hiking

I got a lot of refusals at a different lake last night, but they were ready to roll at Stone Mountain tonight. I've been trying out a sort of heavy deer hair bug. Fishing with a Tenkara, I am holding the fly on the surface of the water. The "too long" hook allows me to give it a lot of motion on the surface.

#FlyFishing #fishing #largemouthbass #greentrout #ditchpickle #tenkara #deerhaircaddis #lake #sunset #nature #stonemountainga #georgia #hiking

I got a lot of refusals at a different lake last night, but they were ready to roll at Stone Mountain tonight. I've been trying out a sort of heavy deer hair bug. Fishing with a Tenkara, I am holding the fly on the surface of the water. The "too long" hook allows me to give it a lot of motion on the surface.

#FlyFishing #fishing #largemouthbass #greentrout #ditchpickle #tenkara #deerhaircaddis #lake #sunset #nature #stonemountainga #georgia #hiking

I've been experimenting with deer hair caddis. Got a scandi line in the mail today, and I'm hoping to take one of these out skating tomorrow.

#FlyFishing #fishing #largemouthbass #tenkara #deerhaircaddis

I've been experimenting with deer hair caddis. Got a scandi line in the mail today, and I'm hoping to take one of these out skating tomorrow.

#FlyFishing #fishing #largemouthbass #tenkara #deerhaircaddis

I've been experimenting with deer hair caddis. Got a scandi line in the mail today, and I'm hoping to take one of these out skating tomorrow.

#FlyFishing #fishing #largemouthbass #tenkara #deerhaircaddis

Out again at Stone Mountain this evening.

#fishing #flyfishing #tenkara #largemouthbass #greentrout #ditchpickle #hiking #lake #mountain #Georgia #nature #sunset

Out again at Stone Mountain this evening.

#fishing #flyfishing #tenkara #largemouthbass #greentrout #ditchpickle #hiking #lake #mountain #Georgia #nature #sunset

Out again at Stone Mountain this evening.

#fishing #flyfishing #tenkara #largemouthbass #greentrout #ditchpickle #hiking #lake #mountain #Georgia #nature #sunset

Out again at Stone Mountain for the sunset. The sunfish are very aggressive right now. I caught a handful on this little featherwing fly.

#FlyFishing #fishing #tenkara #featherwing #redbreastsunfish #sunset #lake #spring #nature #outdoors

All of the adult fish that I caught this weekend were brook trout. They must be stocked because I've not seen them in this creek before. This is the stream that I got my new-to-me Tenkara Rod Company Kita, and it worked really well on this trip. I was fishing with size #12 and #14 unweighted wet flies.

#fishing #FlyFishing #Tenkara #wetfly #trout #brooktrout

This is an earlier iteration after taking a swim. I've been bank fishing with these using a Tenkara Rod Company Sierra. Mostly casting at downed trees and other structure or where the clear shallow water transitions to the murky deep.

#Tenkara #largemouthbass

This is an earlier iteration after taking a swim. I've been bank fishing with these using a Tenkara Rod Company Sierra. Mostly casting at downed trees and other structure or where the clear shallow water transitions to the murky deep.

#Tenkara #largemouthbass

This is an earlier iteration after taking a swim. I've been bank fishing with these using a Tenkara Rod Company Sierra. Mostly casting at downed trees and other structure or where the clear shallow water transitions to the murky deep.

#Tenkara #largemouthbass

This is an earlier iteration after taking a swim. I've been bank fishing with these using a Tenkara Rod Company Sierra. Mostly casting at downed trees and other structure or where the clear shallow water transitions to the murky deep.

#Tenkara #largemouthbass

First catch of the spring. I was bank fishing with my Dragon Tail Foxfire. The weather was sooooooo goooood.

#FlyFishing #fishing #largemouthbass #bass #ditchpickle #tenkara #spring

First catch of the spring. I was bank fishing with my Dragon Tail Foxfire. The weather was sooooooo goooood.

#FlyFishing #fishing #largemouthbass #bass #ditchpickle #tenkara #spring

First catch of the spring. I was bank fishing with my Dragon Tail Foxfire. The weather was sooooooo goooood.

#FlyFishing #fishing #largemouthbass #bass #ditchpickle #tenkara #spring

First catch of the spring. I was bank fishing with my Dragon Tail Foxfire. The weather was sooooooo goooood.

#FlyFishing #fishing #largemouthbass #bass #ditchpickle #tenkara #spring

My first Brook Trout expedition in West Virginia. Caught him with a yarn bug on my Dragontail Foxfire.

#brooktrout #trout #tenkara #flyfishing #fishing #westvirginia #nature #outdoors