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McMurray Ant

Terrestrial · Trout · Beginner · 2 versions

Classic Recipe

  • Hook Standard dry, 14-20
  • Thread Black 8/0

Materials

  • Body Two balsa/foam cylinders on mono (pre-made ant body)
  • Hackle Black hackle (2-3 turns at waist)

How to tie it

  1. Lash the mono connecting the two body segments to the shank
  2. Wrap hackle at the waist
  3. Whip finish

Other versions

1 more in the app: Classic Recipe (2).

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