How to tie the SUNKEN ANT: Must have Terrestrial
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2023
- The Sunken Ant is a tried and true pattern. It is a must have terrestrial to have in your box.
Terrestrials are an important food source for trout, especially in the late summer/early fall when the bug activity is slowing. In my opinion, ants are at the top of the list when it comes to terrestrials.
I really like fishing this pattern in lower, clearer water conditions the late summer/early fall bring. Hitting those shallow runs or side banks lies is where this bug will shine.
This is my spin on this fabulous pattern.
Enjoy and tight lines!
Cory
Materials:
Thread: Black UTC 70 and Rusty Brown Uni 8/0
CDC: Brown or Dark Brown (a true brown)
Hook: Dohiku 644 size 16 and 14
Bead: Black nickel (2.0mm-2.8mm)
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Cory, I just love your videos. Some of the most informative out there
Thank you, Gerald. Nice of you to say! Tight lines to you.
Just wanted to thank you again for sharing your expertise and for listing the recipes !
Happy to help, Brian!
I'm already excited about this one! I can tell that this thing is going to catch fish like crazy. I love ant patterns and this one is just what I needed to fish during this time of year. Ants are everywhere right now and I know the trout will be feasting on them, and having a sunken pattern like this one is great when the trout aren't takin' em' on the surface. Great video cory 👍
It will catch them for you, Drew! Love it for this time of year. Good luck to you and I appreciate you watching. Tight lines!
Your patterns are just awesome and the j.d. is still working great thank you sir
Appreciate it, Denny. Glad the JD is working for you. Thanks for watching!
Hi Cory
Just a BIG THANK YOU!So simple to tie and what great looking fly.
Hey Sead. Appreciate it. Thanks so much for watching!
Really well done video, Cory. I will definitely tie this pattern in the colors you showed. Thanks for posting.
Thanks, Schmoonkie-Appreciate it. It will be a good one for you.
Love this ant pattern.thanks for sharing
Appreciate it, Mike. Good luck with it!
Very nice Cory.. Ants are a great choice!!!
Appreciate it, Scott! They are fish catchers for sure!
Fantastic looking pattern Cory!
Thanks, Steve! Cheers Mate!
Hey Cory! Thanks for the video and a different twist to a deadly pattern. I’ll have to try some of these.
It’s a good one, Dale! Spin some up-they will be good to you! Tight lines, my friend!
Nice looking pattern Thanks Cory
Appreciate it, Big O!
Definitely a trout slayer!! Thank you for sharing 👍
It is one you need in the box for sure. Appreciate you watching!
Nicely done!
Appreciate it, Thelis!!
Great work as usual. Thanks!!
Appreciate it, JB!! Get sum!
Outstanding. I have tied every one of your flies and what I have concentrated on is thread placement, the amount of thread and thin dubbing noodles. My fly's have improved 100%. I am ashamed to say I am having to use my overhead magnifying light to see what I am doing. Readers just don't cut it for me on these small sizes. Thanks Cory for making me a better fly tier.
Thanks, Alex! Happy you are seeing improvement. Nothing wrong with using something that makes it easier for you. Sometimes we gotta do what we gotta do! Tight lines.
Looks like another great pattern for this time of the year Cory. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Philip! It will catch some fish for you. Appreciate you watching!
@@OldDominionTroutBum Hi Cory - I can’t wait to try this fly. BTW… do you have an email address that I can reach out to you through? Thanks once again!
@philipnaro3040 Philip, my website will be up and running soon (about a week). My email will be: cory@olddominiontroutbum.com.
Cory been a long time since I fished an ant. Especially euro style. Never could find a pattern that suited me. Well sir now I have. Thanks for another great tutorial and video. Tight lines!
Definitely a good to add to the box, Brett. Especially this time of year. Good luck with it and thanks for watching. Tight lines to you as well!
So nice!! Great fly dude!!
Appreciate it, Rich!!
Great tutorial, thanks I am going to tie some for my trip to the Green river in Utah this spring.
Thanks, Don. I'm sure it will for you on the Green. Good luck to you!
Thanks Corey -- another super cool tie. I have to try this one -- it's in the queue. Seems like you could use 140 or maybe 100 D and it would go faster.
Appreciate it, Robert. You can tie it with 140, but I prefer the control you have and less build up with the 70, especially when putting in the CDC and finishing the fly around the bead. Thanks so much for watching.
A very inspiring video. I feel invited to tie this fly :-)
Appreciate it! It will be good to you!
Nice one, bro
Appreciate it, Dave!
Well done.
Thanks M. O.!
Nice instruction Cory as usual. Suggest a close look at both “Brown” 6/0 Danville Flymaster threads for your Ant pattens. These will lay flat and when spun CCW forming smooth foundation and excellent color match for many terrestrials.
Thank you, Enzo. Brown is a good one as well. I will check it out for sure. Appreciate it and thanks for watching!
Very nice. I like the dulling bit. Thanks for sharing 👍 🍀🫡
Glad you like it, Lukasz. Appreciate you watching! Cheers!
Another great video from the master ! Do you ever fish these around this time of year? Too soon ?
Thanks 🙏
Haha-appreciate it! I don’t fish them this time of the year. I used them a lot in the summer to early fall. That’s when they shine. Tight lines!
excellent Ant fly tie tutorial ty much Cory
Thank you, Jon. Tight lines to you.
A sunken ant was Lefty's go to pattern when he fished his favorite Cumberland Valley spring creek with Jack Echemann. :)
If Lefty had it in his box-we should all have it in ours!
Cory, Love your videos always amazing content. Im new to the Euro game and was wondering how i determine my tippet length to water ratio? Thanks friend
Appreciate it! A good starting point for tippet length is about one and a half times the average depth of the water. Most people go too long. I rarely go over 4.5ft of tippet.
I’ve done a video on the Top 5 things to learn. I talk about it there.
Hope this helps and thanks for watching!
Thanks for this. Gonna try this pattern. Novice tyer. Where did you pick up the resin? Love the applicator/brush.
You are going to like this one. The resin is from Tactical Fly Fisher. Good luck to you. Appreciate you watching.
Great job as usual! Do you fish this near the bottom of the water column ?
Thanks 🙏 for all your outstanding lessons !
Thank you, Brian. I mostly fish is on the dropper, as as single fly or dry-dropper. More up in the column. In shallower water, I'll fish it near the bottom. Appreciate the comment!
@@OldDominionTroutBum thank you 🙏
Unrelated video request:
Hello Cory I’m learning a lot from your videos.
I’ve been doing all kinds of fishing for over 60 years.
I fly fished the Navesink when I was 10 a couple times .
As well as pond fishing for bass and panfish with a fly.
Mostly in my life I’ve been a spin fisherman though.
The reason being ,I live on an island with only warm water ponds and salt water fishing.
Anyway I’ve been fishing for steelhead on the Salmon River for 37 years with every technique out there .
3 years ago I invested in euro nymphing for steelhead. And I’m catching a few.
I would love to see you tear them up on the highly pressured waters of the Salmon River.
I’m sure we could all learn a lot. If you fish the fly fishing only areas the Regs will limit you to a tapered line(triangle taper is popular for euro) and a 15 ‘ leader and only 1 fly. In other areas your setup is fine .Still only 1 fly though.
Anyway thanks for listening,all the best in your endeavors.
Tight lines
Greg
Greg, So many places to go, so little time! I've heard a ton about the Salmon River....One of these days I'll get up there.
I appreciate you watching. Good luck to you and tight lines as well!
Have you tried this using the UV craft resin in black? I’m thinking it could work with a jet black bead so there isn’t a two tone color. Appreciate the awesome videos!
I have not, Shane. But it could certainly work. That's the beauty about fly tying today...so many awesome materials at our finger tips. Thanks so much for watching!
13:27 Love your videos. I am curious, what step do you switch back to black thread for the cinnamon ant variant? Before or after the CDC legs?
Thank you, Jonathan. After you build the abdomen with Rusty Brown, just bring it up behind the bead and do one whip finish and cut it off. Then switch to black and split it to put in the CDC. Hope this helps.
That looks great! Cory, what are the dimensions of the abdomen fore/aft and ventral/dorsal? Thank you!!!
Appreciate it. Like I said in the video, divide the hook into thirds. The back 2/3 is the abdomen (which is roughly the same diameter of the bead). The front 1/3 is for the head. Hope this helps.
Hi Cory, A great ant pattern. I was wondering if when you were learning to cast if you may have tied a heavier shorter leader in place of your color line receipt and had more of your fly line out to help load the rod.
Hey William. Appreciate it. Actually no, It won't help. You want to learn how to use the rod the way it was intended. These rods were made to be loaded with the weight of your bugs. I have a casting video here that might help:
th-cam.com/video/KIdUsRB9ERY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=LtNAbvWcoNAAewMg
Good luck to you.
Hi Cory, thanks for taking the time to answer my comment. Your discipline and drive to be a success and help others is commendable. I have enjoyed following your TH-cam channel and look forward to seeing your next video.
Nice tie. I have some ants but hadn’t started using them. What I have noticed is I’ve caught a lot of browns on a size 18 Lively Legz double trouble in either black or brown. Not sure if it favors an ant or not underwater but just my 2 cents. Best,Tony
Thanks, Tony. The double trouble is more of a stonefly, but in a small size, it could certainly be taken for an ant. This tie is a true imitation. They really are great this time of year. Appreciate you watching!
Can't have a better terrestrial in your box for early fall..nice tying proportions and thread control tips Cory...plus longish CDC 'wings' for movement in the water...thanks for sharing...may I ask which UV torch you are using these days please?
Appreciate it, TK! Can't beat them this time of year! The torch I have is a Raidzap Pro. It's rechargable. Really like it.
Thanks Cory re: the torch
Any idea where you found that UV Craft.. i'm really tired of "the other brand's" brushes getting f'd up on me. I know you can relate based on this video. Thanks Cory!
Hey Ryan-You can get it from Tactical Fly Fisher. You will like it. Appreciate you watching!
Ant nothin better😅🐜
Hehehe. Thanks for the pun, hun!
Hi Cory, I have enjoyed a lot of success euro nymphing this year, in large part due to watching your videos. I want to tie up a strictly euro nymph fly box. If you were to set up a box with 40 or 50 flies in it, what would your patterns and sizes be? Thanks and Regards, Sam
Hey Sam. Glad you are finding success. I would build a box as follows:
Walt's worms: Natural Hare's ear. Copper bead with and w/out an orange collar (size 16-14)
Perdigons (3): My Olive flash, Simple olive, Falangista (size 18-14)
France fly/France Midge: brown/olive, silver bead (size 20-16)
Pheasant tail: Natural and Bleached. Copper bead with and w/out orange collar (size 18-16)
Jack Daniels's (size 16-14)
Stone Pony: size 14-12
The Walt's and Perdigons are extremely versatile with weights. On 16's you can use 2.3 mm, 2.8, and 3.3s. Don't be afraid to use 3.3s on a 16.
The France flies and Midges. Mostly 2.3mm
PTs: mostly 2.3mm
Jack Daniel's: 2.3 and 2.8s of 16s. 2.8s -3.3s on 14s
Stone Pony: 3mm- 3.8
This is a great starting point.. You can always add more and different colors after you get this going. All of these flies will catch fish anywhere.
Hope this helps.
Thanks a lot, Cory! I appreciate your advice. Regards, Sam
@@OldDominionTroutBum Hi Cory, just a suggestion, but you may want to consider working this into one of your "shorts". I would have loved to have seen a list like this when I began building my Euro box. You give great advise on starting with these versatile and proven patterns and it would be easier to locate if it was a short, or even a video of "starting a box". Thanks for all you do on this channel!
@@chriswaymeyer Thanks for the suggestion, Chris. I'll get it in the queue!
Nice pattern - if you have a choice JD vs the black ant which one do you use when?
Marcelino, everything is situational, but the JD is a super versatile fly. It represents many things: mayfly, caddis, or even a small stone and it works all year long. I like using it in clear water conditions.
The Ant is an awesome fly for fishing banks or shallow water in the late summer and early fall in the same clear water.
I’ll fish both at the same time of the year. If you are going single-you can work the water with a JD, then go through it with an Ant and really see what they are keying in on.
Awesome - tying some up!
Thank you for sharing
What kind of magnifying glasses do you have ?
They are just regular ole readers from Walgreens. Stole them from my wife!
Thanks Cory.
That superglue brush didn't look like my loctite brush 😂 Did you find a new glue?
Haha….It is UV Craft UV resin. I really like it a lot. I still use superglue but this is my new go-to UV resin.
@@OldDominionTroutBum are you still using loctite? jeff
Jeff, I’ve been using Z-ment by Waspi. It’s good stuff.
@@OldDominionTroutBum Thanks Cory. Enjoy your week man. Cheers.
This comment is posted awhile after you posted this video so I hope you'll still notice it and react to my questions. Think your answers will be of quite general interest. They certainly will be of interest to me who is just starting on the "perdigon trail".
This pattern and your France Midge have no tails and certainly seem to catch a lot of trout. Your Perdigons and those of other noted tiers usually use short tails of a few CDC fibers. Why do you think that your or any Perdigons need tails? Do they have a function or do they just make the fly look more like a traditional nymph so the angler fishes them with confidence? If they do have a function, why not use an even tougher material than CDC like a few fibers stripped from an organza ribbon or fine fibers from nylon paint brushes or microfibetts?
I meant CDL tail fibers.
Hey Bill-most perdigons represent the profile of a mayfly. The tails are simply there to add to the profile. Can you catch them if there were no tails? Absolutely. There is a lot of truth that they can be there for the angler as well-it does simply add more confidence. CDL is used because of the toughness (and tradition). It takes a lot of fish to beat them up. Plus, you get some really nice mottled color from them. You certainly can use microfibbets or paint brush fibers-they will work as well and more than likely catch as many.
That is the beauty about fly tying-most patterns are variants of another established pattern. We start tweaking here and there and find out it works the same or better.
Hope this helps and I appreciate you watching.
Cory,
Thank you for your response. Think I'll start with short CDL tails as I progress along the perdigon trail. Then I'll consider variants based on the vote of the trout.
I've been tying flies and teaching fly tying for over forty years and have authored the Fly of the Month column for the monthly newsletter for my local TU Chapter (Central Jersey TU) for 10 years. Yet, I've still learned a few new techniques and points of focus as I progress my way through your many videos. You are a deep thinker and gifted teacher. My personal mantra is "Question everything in the search for better". Seems to be yours also.
Have you ever considered being a demonstration tier at the Fly Fishing Show or International Fly Tying Symposium both in New Jersey? If you came, I'm sure we'd have very interesting discussions.
Bill
@@OldDominionTroutBum
@@billninke4232 Super nice of you to say, Bill! Really appreciate the comment. One of the great things about tying is we can always learn something new..
I am actually presenting in Jan at the Fly Fishing Show in Denver. Hopefully more shows will be in my future.
Thanks again for watching and tight lines to you!