This is one of Harry's Los Alamos ants. I think he calls it lime. He
gave me several of them at the Charlotte show last March.

You can see the iridescent quality of the Loco foam. He has
a lot of different colors of foam and rubber legs to choose
from. I think this one is particularly buggy. I haven't used
his genuine flies much, since I don't want to destroy them.

This is my version of his fly. You can tell his foam is much finer
texture than what I'm using. My flies don't hold up all that well.
I've been doing the legs shorter too. I don't really know why.
I find the back legs particularly hard to get on with the outward
flair.I'm anxious to see Harry at the next show for some tying
tips and for a supply of the Loco foam.

Little fish love the ant. This book trout from a pond
in Yellowstone took it eagerly.

Yellowstone cutthroats want you to strike slowly when they
take the ant. If you strike quickly, you pull it right out of
their open mouths.

Browns seem to take the ant with the greatest enthusiasm. I
caught a couple dozen of these gorgeous fellows in a
small Montana stream just the other day.

Not just small trout like the ant. This husky rainbow took
the fly eagerly then led me on a chase down stream.

This fat cutbow came from a meadow stream full of hoppers.
he has obviously eaten his full of them. Though he was
only sixteen inches, he probably weighed a couple pounds.

Trophy fish love the Los Alamos ant. I caught two big browns
like this one on the same day. Both fish took the fly deep
in the top of the mouth when they porpoised over it with
an explosive strike.