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Psycho Ant
How do you tie a Psycho Ant?
Psycho Ant is a terrestrial fly pattern for panfish. Find its 8 materials and 16 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 3 of 5
- Target species
- panfish
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At the vise
Materials
- Hook: Sprite Streamer Barbless #6-8, 3x long
- Thread: UTC 70 Denier, Black
- Underbody: Peacock herl
- Body: 2mm foam (any color)
- Legs: Rubber legs, white with black stripes
- Hackle: Black dry fly hackle, trimmed on bottom
- Wing: Crystal flash
- Indicator: White Para-post
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Tying instructions
Secure the hook in the vise.
Lay down a thread base along the entire hook shank, then park the thread in the middle.
Pinch a piece of 2mm foam (slightly smaller than the hook gap) at the middle of the shank and secure with tight wraps.
Wrap the foam back to where the bend starts.
Fold the foam over and secure it with tight wraps to create the back half of the body.
Catch in 3-4 strands of peacock herl.
Wrap the peacock herl forward to the middle of the hook shank.
Fold the foam over to create the front half of the body.
Secure the foam with tight wraps.
Catch in 4 strands of crystal flash, folded in half.
Catch in two strands of white para-post.
Tie in rubber legs on each side of the hook shank.
Tie in black dry fly hackle.
Trim the hackle on the bottom.
Trim the crystal flash and para-post to about the body length.
Whip finish and trim the thread.