The Leaf Hatch . . .
Autumn Pond
(NYC 10 2017)
Today is Halloween. The tree leaves of Manhattan have at last begun to change with the season. This situation can turn tenkara fishing into more of a trick.
Pond tenkara at all times requires animation of the kebari pattern. When the leaf hatch occurs, the problem of unwanted hook ups arises. The best technique, or strategy, to skirt shed leaves is to fish slow.
Creepy crawly rises and falls of a pattern on a tight line can usually pull through top or bottom leaf litter. Leisenring’s classic lift, developed in the 1940s for stream trout, is also a sure bet in still water, the trick to make the fishing more of a treat.
Find the Bass in the Leaf Hatch!
(NYC 10 2017)
Happy Halloween . . .
– rPs 10 31 2017
Postscript: You can read a new profile of Jim Leisenring in the current issue of Eastern Fly Fishing magazine:
Tenkara Takes Manhattan 
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