Carrie Stevens Don’s Delight streamer fly pattern

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Don’s Delight by Carrie Stevens from the pattern in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla

Hook: #2 - 4 extra long streamer
Thread: black
Tag: gold tinsel
Tail: red hackle barbs
Body: gold tinsel
Throat: white hackle barbs
Wings: each - two white saddle hackles under Golden Pheasant tippet under Jungle Cock nails
Head: thread

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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