Fly Days of August: Black Ant

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Fly Days of August: Black Ant

August 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments

August is terrestial month, and here is my favorite ant pattern.

Black Ant

Black Ant

Black Ant

Hook: Timeco 100, size 16
Rear body: Black superfine dubbing
Wing: White Zelon
Hackle/legs: Black dry fly hackle
Front body: Black superfine dubbing

Tags: Fly Tying

2 responses so far ↓

1 Ray Found // Aug 17, 2009 at 10:28 am

Really??

I find Parachute ants to perform vastly better on my waters vs center-hackled ants, despite the added difficulty to tie.

My personal favorite, is a Black dubbed ant, with a red-floss in the center (like a Royal Coachmen), and an Orange poly parachute post with Grizzly hackle. I tie the red in the center to match the forest ants I have here locally.

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o162/Rayfound/357e3b68.jpg
2 Ray Found // Aug 17, 2009 at 10:29 am

PS – I call it “Ray’s Royal Ant”… but I can’t be sure I really did much inventing.

Easily one of my top 4 flies.

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