Cross Special

a Rube Cross fly using the recipe in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla

Hook: #12 - 18 dry (fine wire)
Thread: tan
Tail: light dun hackle barbs
Wings: wood duck, upright and divided
Body: graying fox underfur
Hackle: light dun dry sized to hook

Head cement recipe:
Goop
Xylene (epoxy thinnner)

Instructions:
Fill a quart jar half full with Xylene
Squeeze a tube of Goop into the Xylene
Shake until the Goop is dissolved; add Xylene to desired consistency

Apply with a pin or needle dipped in the liquid

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