Bluebottle - from Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury

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Hook: #14 standard
Thread: claret
Tag and rib: gold oval tinsel
Body: blended blue and sparkle dubbing
Wings: dark (black) hackle tips
Hackle: dark (black)

Andy’s Bobbins: http://bobbins.lumpofclay.net/

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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