Iron Blue Wingless: a Jim Leisenring / “Pete” Hidy flymph

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From the recipe in Founding Flies by Mike Valla

Hook: #14
Thread: crimson or claret
Tail: two dark honey dun rooster hackle barbs
Body: lightly dubbed mole with thread showing at tail
Hackle: hen - honey dun with red tips or dark honey dun

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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