Ausable Bomber: a Fran Betters dry fly pattern

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from the recipe in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla

Hook: #8 - 14 fine wire (long)
Thread: bright orange
Wing: calf tail
Tail: woodchuck guard hair
Body: thread
Hackle: brown and grizzly - palmered over entire body and in front of wing
Head: bright orange

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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