Royal Wolf Tenkara Style Brent Auger

10/22/2023

"This month we visit a classic. The Royal Wolf with a tenkara sakasa kebari styling. It is a classic with a proven track record. This is Brent's adaptation of this highly effective fly."

In Brent's Words
"I can't claim being the creator of the Royal Wolf Kebari as I have seen it tied once or twice in social media posts in the past but there is nothing I can find referenced online. The back body is based off a traditional Royal Wolf fly but the rest of the fly is just a sakasa kebari. I have seen some flies out of Japan that have this similar segmentation with peacock in the body as well so the idea is not new to tenkara but maybe to American tenkara anglers.

It has become go to fly for me about 4 years ago for the fall season in small creeks, especially for brook trout. I was striking out big time with my regular go to kebari and I switched to this red kebari and the day totally changed. There seems to be something magical about a red body with the incorporation of peacock at the thorax and tail end of the body, it always works for me in the fall especially since that day. It works times of the year as well. It is a fun simple tie and the added peacock gives you a slightly different profile to present to fish when the traditional simple sakasa is not triggering the fish. "

LET'S TIE THIS

I love when we get a first hand video demo of the fly being tied. This is Brent's materials list.

Fly Tying Recipe Materials List:

Moonlit ML251 #12 barbless fly tying hook
Red Semperfli Classic Waxed Thread
Peacock Herl
Partridge Hackle (or pheasant hackle)
Brent's favorite Whip Finish tool: Stonfo Whip Finisher

WATCH THE VIDEO!

Fall fish will flip for this tenkara kebari version of the classic Royal Wolf

How to Fish This Fly
This is a simple effective soft hackle tenkara fly that should work good especially for trout in mountain creeks & streams. This fly is meant to be fished as a wet fly (sub-surface)

Thanks Brent for sharing this pattern with us. Be sure to check out DragonTail Tenkara
And if you liked the video, you can see more wonderful videos as well at theirYouTube Channel

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