There is one major problem with tying this pattern. It is too dang simple. I started to tie a few and now have ants all over the place.
Tim
Tim, I recommend Terro ant poison:rolleyes:
Rick’s ant must be simple if you can tie it without a recipe…
Joking aside, a recipe would be nice
Tom
Tom:
Go to the main page of FAOL. In the center are the words “Simple Ant Pattern”. Click on the words & the pattern should come up.
Tim
It actually looked too difficult to me. Just go buy some of those match stick bodies from Rainey’s.
Tie it down in the middle. Wrap a hackle around it. Cut off bottom of hackle. Go fish.
My wife has the shelf stuff all over the house…very simple [and less expensive than Rainy’s]…the steps are then both similarly simple…same for flip flop plugs…
Thanks, Rick, for a fun idea:D
Exactly, where is the fun in using the Rainey’s foam? Much better to keep sneaking clips off the shelf foam and see how long it takes the wife to notice.
Fishy Frank: It might take a day or two. Rick sent me a 2 inch by 2.5 inch piece of the red foam and I calculated that is enough to approximately 100 ants.
Tim
It took my wife about 10 minutes to notice.
She’s only 5’ tall, so I clipped some from the 2nd shelf thinking she wouldn’t notice because she can only see the bottom of the shelf (he he).
She hollers, “can you come up here”, I come up the stairs and there she is - standing on that ladder-stool of hers pointing at the shelf asking if I had something to do with the missing square of her shelf stuff.
I tried to blame it on the cat…
SOM…beautiful…is it a gift or a curse:D
SOM… you’re either a newlywed, or ya’ haven’t been paying much attention to your pillow mate!?! Women don’t NEED HEIGHT, to “know what’s missing in THEIR kitchen, on THEIR shelves”!!
Ladies have “In-born-male-being sneaky-men are stupid-sensing devices”, (I.B.M.B.S.M.A.S.S.D.), that can hone in on and detect the slightest and simplest movements that any of us males can make.
Next time, just remember…“She KNEW, you were cutting that square out, BEFORE you even picked up your scissors”, my friend. Being a lady, she just let you go ahead and do it, because wives get a lot of their amusement from listening to our feeble and useless excuses. It’s kinda of a females idea of “good, stand up, comedy”.
Oh, and for “Cat Excuses”, check with Jeff-(jeffnles), he’s got it down to a real science!
As I cut out these ant bodies…I keep thinking of redneck’s "double action " beetles;)
LOL. I think SOM just found out why the Rainey’s foam is easier!
SOM,
When you buy some, make sure you use cash - not a credit card.
This raises an important followup question. Are there any fly tying suppliers willing to ship stuff in a box marked: “Plumbing Repair Parts” or something else that’s on my honey-do list?
My wife, VEE, saw that article. Next thing I know I hear the sound of dishes being tossed to the floor. VEE is emptying the shelves to get to the tying material so she can get some of those ants tied up.
SOM has to replace shelf foam, I have to replace dishes. Hmmmmm, paper plates don’t require washing do they?
REE
Just picturing Vickie doing that made my day. LOL
Ps send Rick the bill for new plates.
Just LMAO reading this.
I just posted the pattern. I am not responsible for how someone gets the materials.
Maybe Vee needed more than “melmac” in the cupboard.
Now that I am in deeply, I need to get some work done.
The three rolls of non slip matting I bought cost less than $10.00 total
this will tye alot of flies.
Rick
Can you send me a 2 inch square of the off-white color? Then I can glue it in to the piece the cat cut off and the cat and I can quit sleeping on the couch…