Black Ant (from Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury)

Hook: #18 or smaller
Thread: black
Tag: gold
Tuft: black ostrich herl
Body: Thread
Front hackle: small black (here starling shoulder)
Wings: black - or gray - feather/hackle tips
Head: claret - reddish - thread

Andy’s Bobbins: http://bobbins.lumpofclay.net/

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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