FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Red Ant
Tied by Christian Andrews
Red Ant recipe
| Hook | #10 sproat (blind and snelled) |
|---|---|
| Thread | red silk - or claret if head is not dark lacquered |
| Tag | gold flat tinsel |
| Butt | Peacock herl |
| Body | red floss |
| Hackle | brown or ginger (long thin rooster tied wet style) |
| Wings | mallard quill |
About this fly
Red Ant: a classic wet fly attributed to Charles Cotton and published in Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury Hook sized is based on the hook used for the book.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
