FLY
Terrestrial
Black Ant
Tied by Christian Andrews
Black Ant recipe
| Hook | #14 - as small as you can tie it (#32) |
|---|---|
| Thread | black or rusty brown |
| Abdomen | black or rusty brown fine dubbing |
| Hackle | black or brown (cinnamon) |
| Thorax | black or rusty brown fine dubbing |
About this fly
Tie it in either black or cinnamon (or whatever other colors ants are) Tie in on a fine wire hook and apply floatant for a dry fly. Tie it on any hook and fish it wet.
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.
