Amy's Ant

The Amy’s Ant is a high floating, high visibility foam dry fly that works very well. I find it to be one of the prettier of the foam flies. It’s made to look like a stonefly, but will work very well as a large hopper. This is one of the better patterns I’ve used as the hopper dropper style. There are not very many nymphs that can sink this, and it even can hold up some streamers quite well also. It looks to me to be loosely based off of the Chernobyl ant pattern, which is fished very similarity. The Amy’s ant however does look bettet in my opinion, but it is a bit more difficult to tie. Once you get the hang of it though, it’s not all that hard, but does take a while since there are lots of steps.

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Material List
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Hook: Risen Streamer 300 (size 8) - https://www.risenfly.com/collections/hooks/products/streamer-300
Thread: Veevus 10/0 (brown) - https://amzn.to/46t5zxE
Foam: 2mm Fly Foam (gold and brown) - https://amzn.to/4fs0YzU
Legs: Centipede Legs (brown speckled/Medium) - https://amzn.to/3WLMVy1
Hackle: Rooster cape or saddle (brown) - https://amzn.to/4cbHrB3
Body: Cactus Chenille (olive) - https://amzn.to/4dotLnl
Underwing: Crystal Flash (pearl) - https://amzn.to/4d640IL
Wing: Deer Hair (natural) - https://amzn.to/4di3YgI
Dubbing: Antron (medium olive) - https://amzn.to/4fpXIoR
Adhesive: Loctite (brush on) - https://amzn.to/4fqk75n
UV Resin: Solarez Ultra Thin - https://solarez.com/fly-tie-ultra-thin-bone-dry-clear.html

Tools
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Vise: Renzetti Traveler - https://amzn.to/2t2FFmo
Bobbin: Stonfo Bobtec - https://amzn.to/2YWOf39
Scissors: Risen Spring Assist - https://www.risenfly.com/collections/fly-tying-tools-and-accessories/pro...
Whip finisher: Dr. Slick brass - https://amzn.to/2tGYwDW
Petejean Clips - https://amzn.to/3I7851h
Fly Tying Bench: Oasis Walnut Compact Bench - https://www.oasisbenches.com/oasis-benches/compact-bench/
UV Light: Solarez High Output - https://solarez.com/uv-cure-flashlight-high-output.html