Been a few years since I posted here. I've been struggling with failing eye sight for a couple of years now. I am slowly but surely training my left eye to be the dominant eye and bringing it back to almost center after years of it being lazy to the left. I am slowly getting back to tying and, because of a location change, have started tying and fishing tenkara rods and flies. I doing some research I came across this pattern, a Red Headed Yellow Kebari. Hook is a blind eye Owner GH in size 7, about a size 10 hook gape. Yes, it is a blue coarse fish hook. The Hook Eye is #2 silk beading cord from Griffin Company in Germany in red. The head and front of the fly is Pearsall's Gossamer, also in red. Matches the eye very well. The hackle is Partridge dyed fiery brown. The thorax is peacock herl. Abdomen is Yellow Pearsall's Gossamer.
I'm showing two pics of the fly, not because it's particularly well done, but for clarity on the silk eye. My wife says it's not too bad for a blind guy.
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