Float-N-Fool dry fly pattern

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popularized by “Buz” Buszek and from the recipe in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla

Hook: #12-16 fine wire
Thread: black
Tail: calf tail (tips)
Post: calf tail (butt ends)
Rib: fine gold wire
Body: peacock here
Hackle: brown and grizzly, parachute style

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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