One more thing I thought of, for the longest time I only had a small portable fly tying kit from C&F. I still use that kit when camping or traveling and it’s terrific. So you don’t need much room to store everything. I put together a very capable and portable kit that fit with the flies I like to use and tie. I’m always tweaking and updating it.
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Chris,
Probably not so much the cost if I can afford the amount of rods I have. I’m just not very artsy crafty, don’t have the urge, and besides, someone has to support the guys who do tie. 
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Awesome topic.
Dr.Tom, I’m a big fan. I’ll look at your book soon enough. I’m sure it’s a quality publication as everything you do is.
Karl, I’ve already said it, you are masterclass in fly fishing. I’ve already read some of your fly impressions and study.
Documenting kebari…
I wrote a pretty good essay about my approach and philosophy. It’s titled “Wrong Kebari” and I have one variant with a tiny buried tungsten bead. The article describes how the fly I created isn’t as important as casting accuracy. The article goes on about why I choose each material and focuses on the Japanese bait hook I use. I also give credit to my influences. If you want to read it, you know where to find it.
But as a small stream mountain fly fisher that used a computer to create communities early on in the timeline, I logged my fishing days.
I’ll post that link here.
It’s mostly for Karl, it appears we have some similar background.
Like I said, great reading and Dr.Tom, I’ll take a look soon. Is your book available for purchase? Can I get you to sign one for me?
https://web.archive.org/web/19990222004047/http://www.smallstreams.com/FlyLog.html
How interesting.
Do you mind if I ask who your influences are?
What pattern library do you enjoy most?
I’ve followed your progress and you are really developing quite a style in your approach.
Thank you in advance for sharing.
Hi Adam,
Well most recently I have been getting into Ray Bergman and the patterns in his 1938 book “Trout”.
Ray was local to me…grew up in Nyack, NY just over the Hudson from me and fished a lot of my local waters along with the Catskills zone.
How I got into Ray is bit of a story in and of itself. While I love tenkara, my former family home was on Cape Cod which is host to streams full of sea run brook trout and these fish feed largely on bait fish and herring fry…streamers are the best tactic. So…I wanted to get back into streamers and started down a path learning “spey casting” techniques to fish streamers on my local small streams. My good friend Adam Klagsbrun too was with me on streamer/spey journey so we bounced a lot of things off each other. One day he had suggested I look into a Squirrel tail simple streamer pattern from Ray Bergman. I did and that started the Ray thing going. From there I was into his winged wet flies. I have now done a bunch of videos on YouTube and pics on IG.
Perhaps the most talented tier in this area currently living is Fred Klein aka “Grizzly King” who lives and fishes in PA. His ties are amazing.https://www.grizzlykingfly.com/. I have gone a touch into very simple salmon flies…the crazy ones with extinct bird feather etc is not my cup of tea…I want to tie things I fish.
Well this is way off the Tenkara subject but I have been doing a lot more western rod and reel as of late. I’m not gone from Tenkara don’t worry! I just love fly tying and I enjoy the process of researching old authors and patterns and trying to tie them as authentically as I can…then of course I have to fish them!
The person before Ray Bergman was HC Cutcliffe (Brit from Devon whose work is from 1860s) who I went on a discovery journey with Paul Gaskell to learn more about. I have found Cutcliffe to be a bit of a kindred spirit and a guy who would have loved Tenkara. Paul reprinted the original text with his research applying the lessons to today’s world. It is worth a purchase.
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Cool.
It’s interesting to note that many have gone to spin and fly fishing.
I have continued with tenkara in mountain streams.
Thanks for the background notes. You are into it I can see. Take care and tell A. Klagsbrun I said hello.
I have tied flies for a long time and for a while used to keep a record but that sort of fizzled out. In recent years because I am not able to fish as much I have tied more. I now record them either on Instagram or in my Flickr account
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