Alder as tied by Thaddeus Norris

from the recipe in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla

Hook: #8 - 12
Thread: black
Body: dubbed black mohair (or wool) - tease out bottom for legs
Wings: chicken wing feather slips

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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