Two-tone Foam Ant SBS

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Trout like ants. Ants are easy. Tie some ants.

hook - Dai Riki 320 #16
thread - Uni 8/0 rusty brown
overbody - foam black
abdomen - dubbing black
head - dubbing rust
overhead - foam rust
hackle - grizzly brown


Part 1

mash down barb, cover rear 1/3 of hook with thread

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tie in foam (see Fighting Foam Torque for description)

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dub thread, dub abdomen

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Part 2

wrap a bit more thread, pull foam forward and tie down

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move thread to eye and repeat sequence; try to make the head smaller and keep the waist skinny

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Part 3

Charlie Collins (blatant plug) dyed hackle is real nice

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tied, trimmed and ready to go

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monochrome, flying version

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Regards,
Scott

Cool ties, have to try that, I have some foam kicking around here somewhere.
Mike