Ben Bent (from Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury)
7 months ago
15
a 1884 Charles Orvis fly
Hook: #12 dry
Thread: first yellow, then red
Tag: gold tinsel, yellow and red thread
Tail: two very small light dun feathers or feather tips
Body: light gray wool
Hackle: oversize light dun dry
Wings: light dun feather tips
Head: red thread
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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