The ant can rule the dog days of summer, so to be caught without them on the water can at times be the deciding factor on a days fishing. I tend to fish and tie one version which is a larger Carpenter Ant version. It’s easy to see, floats well and the fish seem to enjoy them as well.
Nice pattern, I tie a parachute ant in a size 14 that has produced very well for me. I dub the body on it but I think I will try the foam instead the way you did it. Yours would be very easy to turn into a parachute
Very nice tutorial and well thought out tying sequence. The antron wing tie in is much quicker than the way I’ve been doing it. I’ve used a ton of ants this summer and experimented with many different patterns. My go to ants have been dubbed parachutes, but I like to use foam because it keeps floating after catching a fish with no maintenance.
I had a great day with a #14 foam ant experiment that was much like yours - doubled foam head and body, hackle legs and orange antron wing. It worked really well, but I’ve had a hard time replicating all the aspects. I was using 2 mm craft foam, and it’s a little too thick. I’ll pick up some razor foam.
