Ginger Quill Nymph

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A Don Martinez fly using the recipe in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla

Hook: #10 - 14 nymph
Thread: beige
Tail: two ginger rooster hackle barbs, tied long
Body: natural and yellow macaw qull
Wing case: Peacock sword
Thorax: yellow chenille
Hackle: sparsely tied ginger

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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