Takayama™ Kebari (size 16, 3 flies)
Description
The Takayama Sakasa Kebari is the tenkara fly that completes our set of 4 flies. Offered in size 16, it's our smallest tenkara fly.
Unlike in Western fly fishing, where a lot of people believe a super small fly is necessary, tenkara anglers hardly ever go any smaller than a size 16 for their fly. The size 16 fly will be handy for those days when a fish is rising to the fly but not taking it, or in waters with a little more pressure and pickier fish
Size 16. Three Flies.

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Takayama™ Kebari (size 16, 3 flies)
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Nice fly for very small trout, fishing as dropper
small streams, usually little fish , always a lot of underbrush.
Takayama™ Kebari (size 16, 3 flies)
Super way to get started in fly fishing!
This is my go to Kebari. Great for all types of fish and the size is perfect
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Nice fly for very small trout, fishing as dropper
small streams, usually little fish , always a lot of underbrush.
Takayama™ Kebari (size 16, 3 flies)
Super way to get started in fly fishing!
This is my go to Kebari. Great for all types of fish and the size is perfect
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Mountain streams while hiking with my dog.
These flies are perfect for the little trout I’m catching on my local creeks. The fish don’t get too big, and I’ve had the greatest success with this little fly. I keep a pretty good stock of them.
Flys are little! but look great. i love the glass tube they come in.
I've had great luck with these fishing Cutthroat Trout. Very easy to get appealing presentation on the small mountain streams I fish.
I loved these flies, they worked well for smaller brown trout and creek chubs in my area in PA. Some times I would be using a bigger fly in a spot and then when I switched to this smaller fly I would get more strikes. It’s definitely wise to have some smaller kebari’s in your fly box for those fish that reject your bigger kebari’s.
My favorite one of all.
If I am not using the Ishikagi fly I am using this one. It never disappoints.
I live in Montana and enjoy using this style of fly to fish in smaller streams. The subtle action the fly has when slowly drifted is fantastic. Even a slow upstream "twitch" works well too. A must have fly pattern to have in the box.
I purchased these while visiting a friend in Maine! Loved seeing TUSA product in a store from on the east coast. Kittery Trading Post is amazing...but even more amazing for having these killer flies !!! Ive probably caught a dozen natives with these in the last few outings ive had while fall fishing :)
I've purchased many kebari flies with great reviews and they never produced, these flies are absolutely trout magnets! I have used these in slow, fast, clear and cloudy water and caught dozens with them. Amazing product.
This fly is my #2. It's an absolutely stellar fly. It gets caught up in the current nicely and just like all the other flies tenkarausa makes it does it's job... has awesome presentation.
This is the only fly you need. It has caught me fish consistently no matter where I am or when I am in the season. I have caught everything from three inch fish to sixteen inches with this guy. I don't know what it is, but this fly is what catnip is to cats. I honestly can't recommend it enough. I have ten of these in my Tenkara fly box. If you get caught every once and a while (which we all do if we are honest), this fly will hold up to it. I occasionally get caught on the weeds or rocks (maybe not so occasionally), and this almost always is able to come off being undamaged, yet it always keeps the hook on the fish. I personally only do barbless, and I love this fly. I encourage you to buy one set, test it, try it, and abuse it. Once you do, you will see what I am talking about and continually buy more.
If there is a trout in a small stream or creek, then it will eat this fly.... at least that's been my experience. I've been dropping this #16 tenkara fly off a BH hare's ear nymph of similar size (the BH helps provide a little extra weight). The trout (usually bows where I fish) promptly ignore the hare's ear and take the tenkara dropper almost every time. Needless to say, I'm ordering more. And to think hare's ear used to be my go-to submerged fly.
As a fan of good packaging, I was sold on the glass vile and cork stopper. oh... the flies are nice as well. :-)
Again, I tie my own flies, but I bought this as a model to tie from. These are well made and tied on high quality hooks. Great presentation with the glass viles.
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