Flying Ant

terrestrial

Flying Ant

Clone

The Flying Ant pattern includes CDC or hackle-tip wings that distinguish it from standard ant patterns. During mating flights in late summer, millions of winged ants fall onto rivers, creating some of the most intense surface feeding of the year. Trout key on the wing silhouette.

Sizes#14BodyBlack

Recipe

  • HookDry fly / terrestrial hook (TMC 100, TMC 5212) · Tiemco
  • ThreadBlack tying thread 8/0 or 70 denier · Semperfli
  • Body2mm Black foam · Hareline
  • RubberBlack rubber legs
  • WingClear web wing or CDC