Here we have one of Jim’s fly tying tutorials from his Beginner series – a FrostyFly Flying Ant. Great, easy-to-follow recipe and very effective fly pattern. Thank you Jim for sharing.
Ingredients
- Hook: Standard Dry #16, a great choice – Maruto D04 Hooks
- Thread: Veevus 16/0 Thread in Black
- Body: Frosty Fly’s Terrestrial Preshaped Foam Body (Red Butt, 2 mm)
- Wings: FrostyFly’s Realistic Bottle Fly Wings
- Hackle: black color
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