Glass & Foam Ant



Fly: Igor Stancev, Photographs: Hans Weilenmann

Hook: dry fly #14-18 (TMC 100)
Thread: black 8/0
Abdomen: black polycelon foam strip wide 3-5mm, tied as tail and back to front, to make ball shape
Wings: Pearl film cut to shape, with few fibers of dark CDC under wing (organza for split wings)
Hackle: black, trimmed on the bottom
Head: glass - or plastic - bead, red or dark blue


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