Irresistable Adams Dry flies

Hook: Standard dry, sz 10 - 16

Thread: Black 6/0

Tail: Hackle fibers Black, grizzly or Coq de Leon

Body: Dear hair spun and clipped

Wing: Grizzly hen tips

Hackle: Grizzly and brown or Cree

Head: Thread

1) Begin the fly by placing a debarbed hook into the vice and

start the thread at the rear of the hook. Take a small bunch of

hackle fibers for the tail, measure them so they are about the

hook shank length and tie them in to form the tail. To form the

body you will need to spin a deer hair body about 2/3 length of the

hook shank. After the hair has been spun for the body tie off the

thread and cut it, remove the fly from the vice and carefully trim

the hair until the body is shaped like the one pictured. Place the

fly back into the vice and re-attach the thread in front of the

body.

2) Now take a matched pair of hen hackle points and trim them

so that they are about 1 1/2 times the gape of the hook. Be sure

to even the tips and make sure the feathers curve away from

each other. Tie them in front of the body about midway towards

the hook eye, wrap the thread so that they stand upright and

spit apart to form a “V” shape. Bring the thread back to the

front of the body and tie in the hackle feather(s). Make several

wraps of the hackle behind the wings and then several in front

of them, tie off the feather and trim the excess. Form a small

neat head of thread, whip finish this and trim the thread. The

fly is now complete.