Bright Fox (from Favorite Flies and Their Histories - 1892 - by Mary Orvis Marbury)

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Thread: red
Tag: gold
Tail: two black fibers or hairs
Body: traditionally yellow fox hair
Wing: dark hackle tips
Throat: yellow “fuzz”

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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