Tippets: Craven’s Screaming Banshee, Tenkara Tips, Pebble Auctions Equipment

May 4, 2015 By: Erin Block

  • Learn how to tie Charlie Craven’s Screaming Banshee fly with an instructional video on FrankenFly, as well as a detailed step-by-step tutorial via Charlie’s Fly Box. The skating caddis pattern is designed in the style of classic steelhead skater patterns and offers great attractive movement on the water.
  • At the 2015 Fly Fishing and Wine Festival in Waynesboro, Virginia, professional guide Tom Sadler demonstrated techniques and tips for tenkara fly fishing. Alan Alborn offers up a video of Sadler’s presentation on stream in a recent post on Trout Bum VA.
  • The Alaska Daily News reports The Pebble Partnership is auctioning surplus equipment due to “depreciating in value while sitting idle,” while waiting for another investor partner and approval of their proposed Pebble Mine. The quiet beginning to the season is good news for salmon.