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

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Hook: #8
Thread: rusty brown
Tag: gold tinsel
Body: rusty brown wool
Wings: dun pullet hackle tips
Hackle: brown hen

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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