black ants

[gil chaser 0]

I use a lot of black and red ants @ $1.25 a piece when chasing gills. Is there any simple patterens for these little guys. Wiffie bought me a fly tying outfit for Christmas. I have leaned to thread a bobbin, mount the vise, stick my fingers with hooks. Ran acrocc this site while on the net.

Please help. fingers old, tired but I have plenty of time

Tim the gill chaser

[JasonV 0]

 

Here is a good, easy pattern. Search ant fly tying on youtube and you get alot more patterns if you want a different one.

[SilverCreek 0]

Photos pulled off the internet.

 

Tie foam cylinder onto hook and wrap with hackle.

 

 

 

 

 

Cut flat foam sheet into strips. Tie folded strip pattern.

 

 

[RickZieger 0]

You can also use non lip foam matting made for shelves.

[SilverCreek 0]

[SilverCreek 0]

[FlaFly 0]

Lots of ants online and on the database (above). Ants can be floating or sinking, and can be made out of just about anything.

[FlaFly 0]

Not a great picture but here's one I made using hot melt glue (it comes in colors). Hot melt glue generally sinks but the hackle makes this a dry fly, till it gets soaked.

[mikechell 0]

Like others posted above, I tie mine with pieces of foam.

 

 

Like a McMurray Ant, Which uses two pieces of balsa wood, I use two pieces of foam connected. I use braid for the connector.

 

 

Tie it on and use what ever you want for legs.

 

 

I have a more complete SBS over on

http://www.flyrecipes.com/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=987655992&Itemid=53

[Boa3 0]

Silver Creek how were those Ants done?

[SilverCreek 0]

My UV resin over glass beads. They are Harrison Steeves' Pattern.

 

http://www.oocities.org/gold_trout/articles/TransparANT.html

 

I've posted this before. You can see the black thread going over the back red bead on the fly below.

 

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[Boa3 0]

Silver Creek, Thanks that was very informative. I have caught a lot of blue gill on an ant and that pattern is amazing. Bo