Deer Hair Ant
The Deer Hair Ant is a super simple ant pattern. The Deer Hair Ant actually only uses a single material, Deer Hair! The Deer Hair Ant is a high floating and life like ant pattern. I prefer to trail the Deer Hair Ant behind a hopper or larger terrestrial. This makes detecting a strike much easier. The Deer Hair Ant can be tied in many sizes, my favorite is a #14. Very deadly in the heat of the summer and a must have in any later summer trout fly box. Give one a try! Very easy to tie!
Deer Hair Ant Fly Tying Recipe:
Hook: Tiemco 100 #12-18
Thread: Black UTC 70
Body/Legs: Black Deer Belly Hair