Atherton #1 dry fly pattern

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using the recipe in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla

Hook: #12- 16 fine wire
Thread: tan
Tail: light dun hackle barbs
Rib: gold oval tinsel
Body: cream/white fox belly under fur
Wing: light dun hackle tips
Hackle: light ginger/light grizzly mix

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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