FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Brown Ant
Tied by Christian Andrews
Brown Ant recipe
| Hook | Dry of desired size |
|---|---|
| Thread | brown |
| Tag | gold |
| Tag | ostrich herl puff ball |
| Body | brown thread |
| Wings | gray (ling dun) hackle tips |
| Front Hackle | brown sized to hook |
About this fly
This fly is an imitation from an illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury
What the Brown Ant imitates
- Ant (adult)
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate N, No. 100. 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.
