Harvey’s Sulphur: a George Harvey dry fly pattern

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from the recipe and photo in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla

Hook: #14-16 fine wire
Thread: light yellow
Tail: light ginger rooster hackle
Wings: white hen hackle tips
Body: light yellow, light orange, light pink, light ginger - match the hatch
Hackle: light ginger rooster

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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