The Antron Adams Dry Fly
The Adams dry fly is an essential dry fly that everyone should have in their box.
For the beginner tier, the Adams dry fly is a little difficult to tie. This is a
slightly easier version of the Adams to tie than the classic pattern.
size 16-24
- Grey or dun antron
- Brown hackle
- Dun antron dubbing
- Grizzly dry hackle
- Brown dry hackle
- 6/0 or 8/0 UNI-Thread
camel
Tie on your thread at near the eye of the hook and tie in an antron wing post. You can split the wing, or leave it as a post at this stage.
Wrap your thread to the back of the hook, and tie in a few strands of brown hackle fibers. Tie it in about the length of the hook shaft.
Apply dubbing wax to your thread, and sparsly apply dubbing to your thread. Create a tapered body for the fly. You may need several applications of dubbing to acheive the proper taper.
Tie in a grizzly hackle and a brown hackle behind the wing post.
Wrap the hackles forward. You can do these one at a time, or both together. If you wrap them one at a time, take care not to wrap the fibers of the first hackle with the second.
Add a whip finish to the head of the fly and cement. Trim off the excess antron to balance the fly.
The fly here should have slightly longer hackle. A general rule is to have your hackle
1.5 times the gap of the hook.