Flying Black Ant

Type: Dry
Hook: Mustad 94840, Nos. 12-18.
Thread: Black.
Abdomen: Black fur or synthetic.
Wing: Blue dun hackle tips.
Hackle: Black, two or three turns.
Thorax: Black fur or synthetic.
Note: Again, this can be fished as either a dry or wet fly, depending on how you treat it and how you fish it.
Source: Hughes, American, 1986.
Tier: Mike Jacobs. (Mike's version uses a sythetic wing, grizzly hackle, and a tail).

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