How to Tie the Chernobyl Ant

This week’s fly tying video features the Chernobyl Ant, a pattern that gained wide popularity after it was used to win the Jackson Hole One Fly tournament in 1995.  Tim Flagler ties this one on a size 8 Dai-Riki #710 nymph hook, using black foam for the body and tan legs, but as he says, “many other combinations of light and dark foam and different colored rubber legs will also work, so don’t have a meltdown if you don’t have all the exact materials.”