Elizabeth Greig’s Lizzie saltwater fly pattern

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from the recipe in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla

Hook: 1/0 saltwater
Thread: red
Rib: silver oval tinsel
Body: pink floss
Wing: red bucktail
Hackle: red and white
Head: black thread

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

https://youtu.be/AJbvJUixaCs

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