{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Tenkara recommended flies

I have never used reverse hackle flies but I imagine as with other fishing the trick would be just getting the presentation right. Maybe I will try it this year. I have had great luck using conventional Western style flies with my Tekara rods in the park streams for brookies. They seem to be at their best presenting dry flies and the name of the game is whatever the fish are hitting, and although easily spooked, those fish are usually not picky. I have also used tekara there with a nymph tied as a dropper under a bushy dry fly with luck on both dry and dropper. As with a regular flyrod it makes casting a little more difficult but you can figure it out. I don't remember if I've ever used them with little poppers or wets but it might work.

My usual conundrum is not so much what fly to use but how long do I want to make my leader, Because that directly affects presentation, how I can cast, how many trees I'm going to catch, and how easily I can land the fish. I have tried various lengths of level lines but I just like the presentation of the furled lines better and I usually wind up using one of those about the length of the rod (11-14) and then adding anywhere between 2 and 6 feet of 5-6x tippet.

The disadvantage of a long rod in heavy cover is obvious to any flyfisherman but what you have probably figured out and some anglers don't understand is that with a tekara you are not long-distance casting. And because it collapses you can turn it very quickly into a short rod for a tricky spot or break it down to 2 feet as you're moving between pools or through heavy brush. I highly recommend you put some of those hook keepers around the shaft to wind your line when you collapse it, which works better for me than those spool things.

Good luck!

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