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

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Hook: #6
Thread: black
Tag: silver under red
Tail: a few peacock swords
Rib: silver oval tinsel
Body: silver tinsel
Hackle: black hen
Underwing: gray side of mallard secondary wing feather
Overwing: peacock swords

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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