
dry
Adams
The original Adams dry fly is the foundation of American mayfly fishing. Its mixed grizzly and brown hackle, gray body, and grizzly wings present a versatile profile that suggests a wide range of mayflies on any stream. It predates the parachute version by over 50 years.
Sizes#12 · #16BodyGray
Recipe
- HookStandard dry fly hook · Fulling Mill
- ThreadBrown tying thread 8/0 or 70 denier · Semperfli
- TailBrown + grizzly hackle fibers
- BodyMuskrat gray dubbing · Hareline
- HackleBrown & grizzly mixed dry-fly hackle
- WingGrizzly hackle tips