Brown Ant (from Favorite Flies and Their Histories - 1892 - by Mary Orvis Marbury)

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Hook: #14 dry (or smaller)
Thread: brown
Tag: gold
Tuft: ostrich herl
Body: brown thread
Hackle: brown dry sized to hook
Wings: gray hackle tips

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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