Sunk Ant 01/13/2026 Photo Album

My post of 12/21/2021 provides the story of my introduction to the sunk ant. This post also contains a materials table. Since the 2021 post, I have experienced moderate success with sunk ants, so I monitor my supply before entering each season.

A Sunk Ant

Small high mountains streams seem to provide the most success, and this makes sense since the habitat of ants arches across a small stream, thus, there is a high likelihood of inadvertent dunks. Also, the higher gradient thrashes the unfortunate victims of a fall and quickly sinks them to the eye level of hungry trout.

Left Side Look

I continue to follow the tying instructions of Kelly Galloup which are available in a YouTube video. Simply search on Kelly Galloup sunk ant.

Four Size 14, One Size 16

After counting my inventory I tied five additional sunk ants. Three were size 14 and one was size 14. These are relatively large ants, but I see quite a few of the larger versions crawling about on tree limbs and rocks on my stream adventures.