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

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Plate O #118 Carleton

Hook: #8
Thread: brown
Tag: gold
Tail: three Mallard duck flank, divided
Body: buggy gray (wool)
Hackle: brown hen
Wing: brown mottled quill (turkey tail)

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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