Fan Wing Sulphur Dun

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a Vincent Marinaro fly from the recipe in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla

Hook: #14- 16 fine wire
Thread: dark yellow or tan
Tail: dun hackle barbs, fanned
Wing: duck or goose breast feathers, cut to size and shape, tied in fanned
Thorax: yellow dubbing around wings and in front of hackle behind eye
Hackle: Badger tied in criss-crossed around wings

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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