Midge Nymph

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from Ed Story’s Missouri Trout Flys - How to Tye and Fish Them

Hook: #16 - 24 weighted with copper wire
Thread: to match body
Tail: optional - three feather (partridge) fibers
Body: natural furs, blends, sort of buggy, color of choice dubbed in a taper
Throat: optional - four feather (partridge) fibers

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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