Tie Up Loose Ends . . .
Partridge & Orange, Deer & Orange
(NYC 03 2019)
Trout season in New York state opens April 1st. Time to tie up loose ends and whip finish those kebari fly patterns . . .
By Ebisu
Patterns go
In a stream’s flow.
Fishers,
Men and women,
Tie together
As feathers and fur do
When wrapped
By thread and floss;
Their names, embossed,
Become floating sculptures.
Optional Author’s Note: Ebisu is the Japanese god of fisherman, good luck, and workingmen, as well as the guardian of small children’s health. He is one of the Seven Gods of Fortune, and the only one of the seven to originate in Japan. This poem, about the legacy of fly tiers and their namesake creations, was composed while sitting by an image of Ebisu, thus the title.
— rPs 03 26 2019
Tenkara Takes Manhattan 
Leave a Reply