Alice (from the trout flies in Favorite Flies and Their Histories - 1892 by Mary Orvis Marbury)

12 days ago
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as illustrated by Charles Orvis

Hook: #10 - 14
Thread: brown
Tail: turkey biot
Tag: gold tinsel
Body: Peacock herl
Front hackle: brown soft hen
Wing: turkey

Head cement recipe:
Goop
Xylene (epoxy thinnner)

Instructions:
Fill a quart jar half full with Xylene
Squeeze a tube of Goop into the Xylene
Shake until the Goop is dissolved; add Xylene to desired consistency

Apply with a pin or needle dipped in the liquid

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