Beauty (from Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury)

5 months ago
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Hook: ???
Thread: red
Tail: shank long Guinea Fowl feather fibers
Body: light gray wool
Hackle: Guinea Fowl (soft hackle style)
Wings: Guinea Fowl quill fibers
Head: red thread

Head cement recipe:
Goop
Xylene (epoxy thinnner)

Instructions:
Fill a quart jar half full with Xylene
Squeeze a tube of Goop into the Xylene
Shake until the Goop is dissolved; add Xylene to desired consistency

Apply with a pin or needle dipped in the liquid

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