Allerton: a trout fly pattern from Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury

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Hook: #6 sproat
Thread: claret
Tail: barred wood duck
Rib 1: gold oval tinsel
Rib 2: light blue hackle, undersized
Body: gold floss
Hackle: light blue 1.5x gape
Wings: red quill slips

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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