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10 hours ago, flytire said:

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To me they look so much better than foam.To the fish probably not.I myself appreciate tradition and some artistry but do like using foam myself.

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I agree having fished with live crickets for bluegills they seldom eat them on the surface ,They prefer them sinking slowly and struggling.Yet they crush tiny poppers and assorted foam bugs.Those uv glass ants are killer silver and FT I am gonna tie and fish some balsa ants.Brings me back to when i learned to tie from books and magazines.A video was vhs,no internet

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I think it has been quite a while since you could buy the McMurray ant bodies. Then you have to paint them.

Foam is so much easier and with a cork borer, I can punch out 10 bodies shapes in a minute out of red or black foam. I still have to thread them on mono though and glue them in place with. I can make cinnamon, red, black or combination colored bodies as well.

Another way of making these types of bodies is with dimensional fabric paint.

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