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terrestrial
Egan's Bionic Ant 2.0
- Sizes
- #10
- Imitates
- ant · beetle · terrestrial
- Origin
- Lance Egan
An oversized foam ant with a Trigger Point white wing, Uni Flex legs, and a Coachman-brown hackle. Buoyant enough to hold a dropper, visible to the angler, irresistible to trout.
Recipe
This is one dressing. Tie it in other colors to match the hatch in front of you.
Workbench
Variants
Swipe to see In box and Add
| Size | Bead | Body | In box | Add to box |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #10 | — | — | — | — |
At the vise
Tying notes are not on file for this pattern.
Tying video
Fishing now on
Rivers whose hatch chart names this pattern this month. Names and sizes only.
Not named on this month's hatch charts.
On the water
Fish aggressively — cast to the bank, twitch if you need to. Black is the default; purple and brown are useful alternatives.
History
Lance Egan's favorite summer-time fishing is floating rivers and casting ants to bank-hugging trout. For years he overlooked ants — fishing cicadas in early summer and hoppers late — but once he learned how reliable ants are as a summer food, they became his go-to dry fly for non-hatch periods. The trick with the Bionic is *size*: where most tiers fish size 16 and smaller, Lance fishes size 10 and 12 ants. Combined with a buoyant foam body, white-foam top, Trigger Point wing for visibility, and a Coachman-brown center hackle, the Bionic Ant 2.0 is the rare dry that is buoyant, easy to see, and fish-approved.