Name Fire Ant Category Steelhead Hook Alec Jackson Spey (Daiichi #2051) Sizes #5 through #1.5 Tip/Tag Fine Silver Oval Tinsel and Pearl Holographic Mylar Tinsel Tail Red-dyed Golden Pheasant Crest Butt Peacock Herl Body 1/2 Benecchi's Orange Iridescent Thread, 1/2 HareLine Red Steelhead & Salmon Dubbin or HareLine Red STS Trilobal Dub Rib Small Oval Silver Tinsel (4 turns over Dubbing) Collar Sparse Orange Hen Hackle under Claret Hen Hackle Wing Natural Fox Squirrel Tail accented with Spirit River Black Hills Gold Lite-Brite Head Danville no-wax 6/0 Black Flymaster Thread

"Fire Ant", a beautifully tied variation of the "Red Ant" was tied by regular contributing fly tyer Scott Howell. You can see more of Scott Howell's flies at The Flies of Scott Howell. See his notes about this fly below.

Scotty's Notes: This is a brighter variation of Mike Kennedy's 'Red Ant'. While the 'Ant' gained fame on Oregon's Rogue river, it is still a great choice for any low water conditions.