Tenkara "Sasoi": Fly Manipulation Techniques for Tenkara & Western Fly Fishing

How come river fly fishing maestros can follow you along the stream and catch fish that ignored your flies seconds earlier?The harsh truth is the same flies, fished in the exact same spots can have totally opposite results. As fly fishers we constantly hear “presentation is everything” – yet there’s little practical advice on how to improve it.One huge advantage is the ability to “make your flies come alive” with enticing & lifelike movements. Fortunately, a school of river fly fishers in Japan have perfected a system of fly manipulations that drive fish crazy. The fact that those fly manipulations are called “sasoi” in Japanese is revealing…the word translates as inducement or a kind of invitation you can’t refuse. These high-level Japanese “tenkara” anglers use sasoi to benefit from a stack of presentation secrets hardly any Western tenkara or fly rod & reel anglers use.Swallowing their pride, Paul Gaskell & John Pearson made annual trips for 5 years to learn from some of the best Japanese tenkara anglers on the planet. The reward was seeing their success with dry flies, nymphs, wet flies and streamers take a BIG leap forward.This book sets you up to succeed with the tried and tested fly manipulations learned during those trips. If that’s not enough, learning the system on these pages lets you build on a solid base with your own modifications. That way, you’ll posses a unique and powerful ability to create the illusion of life in all your artificial flies.