FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Black Ant
Tied by Christian Andrews
Black Ant recipe
| Hook | #18 straight shank dry |
|---|---|
| Thread | black |
| Tag | gold |
| Tail | ostrich herl (in a tuft before the tag) |
| Body | black thread |
| Front Hackle | black, sized to hook |
| Wings | black hackle tips |
| Head | claret thread |
About this fly
This is a fly tied off the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury. Ingredients are best guesses and approximations in an attempt to imitate the illustration. Someone has suggested using claret thread for the main thread and overlaying the body or using a marker to darken the body thread in an attempt to make the head smaller (by not needing to whip off the black thread and over tie the claret for the head).
What the Black Ant imitates
- Ant (adult)
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate N, No. 99. The photo above is a later tie, not the original.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
