Xmas Prince . . .
Four for a Dollar
(NYC 12 01 2017)
The kebari for the season is the Xmas Prince; my festive variation on the distinctive nymph with wing of white; my standard weighted with wire on a size 10 wet nymph hook.
Waters local cold, dark with tannins from nearby copses of oaks. Wind, sometimes sustained, can spackle the surface. The decision to dip deeper, forced, yet logical and a fun way to angle. The nymph finessed, hovered, just above the submerged bed of leaves, fished at a crawl with slow lifts in the manner of Leisingring.
Fishing the Xmas Prince
(NYC 12 01 2017)
The quarry for the season wears bars of dark green on gold. The yellow perch, Perca flavescens, colored like the last leaves branched on the nearby Norway maple, Green Bay Packers’ colors, autumn dressings under the blue and white New York Giants’ sky.
Manhattan Yellow Perch
(NYC 12 01 2017)
Fly and fish matched to the season.
Happiness.
“Ho. Ho. Ho.”
— rPs 12 01 2017
Tenkara Takes Manhattan 
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