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Been wanting to tie a hard body ant for a while and finally the last week or so I have had time to get other things out of the way so I can tie some stuff that I want to. So here is my Hard Body Ant!
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that is fantastic skip this should be a good bluegill killer.
Nice tie.
Nice! What are the advantages of hard body over other ants tied? I'm thinking they might sink faster, last longer??
Maybe last longer, but the other types like foam ants or foam bodies are just not like this. If you look up Ants on a place like Fly Tying Forums they have a huge database of picture and you can see most any kind out there at a place like that. I just like this one/style and can do all bBlack or all Red or both like this. Also lasting longer should be part of the advantage this one has.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bronson
Really nice tie! I'm just getting into fly fishing and tying flies for fly fishing. Been tying bucktail jigs for white bass and crappie for years. I really like the looks of that ant. would be a great bluegill bait here in southern Missouri.
That is a winner for sure,really nice
Look good Skip! Nice job.
That looks great!
You bet those look great, excellent work once again my friend! Yours truly will enjoy having some of those!
Nice.They are deadly on gills and crappies,tipped with maggots or waxworms fished under a bobber.That's all some guys use at some local lakes.
nice job! Should be good for some gills.
Nice ants Skip. I have some I been wanting to try too, another one to add to the list. Very nice work my friend.
Thanks guys! Stump Hunter this one is really not very hard at all so think you will like it. Color all comes from thread and coat with Loon Clear UV Fly Finish. Of course need some dry fly black hackle.
oh and of course Clear Cure Goo will also work fine I am sure!
Very nice ant skip!
Thanks Va, the really cool thing is you don't have to deal with epoxy any more since we have the UV Glue out now. Makes things a lot easier to mess with. It takes a bit of time, but is not hard. I can't make them fast, but enjoy tying something that looks like that and is not as hard as a lot of ties.
I have had some colors of ACETATE FLOSS for a year or so but I also have everything to make them like you used. Very interesting ants :)
I used 210 Flat Waxed for the Red and actually I wanted it brighter than the patterns I have seen so used FL Fire Orange in it's place. Then switch mid tie to 140 Black and tied in the hackle, then finished the Black oval and then finish and glue. I saw a guy that did a lot of these and he did the whole tie before adding the hackle in last. Tried that and didn't like it as much. It's kind of a pain to try and keep the hackles out of the glue and you won't, LOL! However you can get off what matters with finger and thumb nails after it's finished. The darn little bumps get kind of hard once the middle is getting close to finished, but other than that and a lot of wraps, not bad at all, just time.
Top shelf as always Skip, that looks fantastic and should work great, good job sir