Great Red Spinner: a trout fly from Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury

8 days ago
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Hook: #6 sproat (blind optional)
Thread: red silk, waxed
Tag: flat gold tinsel
Tail: brown rooster hackle barbs
Rib: gold tinsel
Body: red dubbing
Hackle: brown rooster saddle
Wings: dark gray quill slips

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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