Your favorite wet ant pattern

[nfrechet]

 

[jifigz]

Is that body made of two different colors of wire?

 

[nfrechet]

3 wires

Sinking Ant

Hook - Dry or nymph style
Thread - Black
Body - Black, copper and gold wire
Hackle - Black

 

[coyoterahn]

3 wires

Sinking Ant

Hook - Dry or nymph style
Thread - Black
Body - Black, copper and gold wire
Hackle - Black

I need to tie a couple of those up and give em a go…..thanks nfrechet!

 

[JeffK]

Favorite sinking ant is a thread ant size 14 - the same size as the carpenter ants in my area. Use floss or silk rod wrapping thread to build up more quickly on a size 14. Sometimes use a tungsten bead for the front hump. An oldie but a goody.

This ant is deadly for a few hours after the trico spinner falls ends in combination with a sunk trico spinner pattern. My favorite sunk trico spinner pattern these days is a size 22 black Avatar (the Rim Chung pattern). The trico dry action may be maybe an hour, but the sunken ant and trico combo fish well all morning.