My Name is Adams

To be precise Charles Adams  and the Adams fly pattern was named after me.   The flytier/publican/fishing guide Leonard Halladay tied the original for me some time round 1922, some friends think it was 1930, in the state of Michigan USA,  it caught  a lot of trout. Time flies and I am not around any more and  here David takes up the story of my fly

The Adams.

The order I received just a few days ago 1st November 2025 from Fiona  got me thinking and curious as she ordered a few of each of the Adams patterns theflyshopaustralia carries.  A bit of research required hence the above paragraph. Here is the list and they are not all called Adams . 

 •   Adams   A close copy of the original

•    Irresistable  Adams   High floating due to the Deer hair body

•   Adams Parachute   A newer way to tie hackles easy to see white post

•   Hi Vis Adams   Very easy to see in rough water

•   Grey Wulff    Even the legendary Lee Wulff liked the look of the original

•   Dugan Dun Grey    Tassie version

•   Bushy Emerger Grey Parachute    Kaj Bucsh Aussie version

•   Custom Bushy Emerger Grey Parachute   my adaption to Kaj Bucsh's  is the post

I may be stepping into muddy water at this point  as the early stage of it long life the  Michigan fishers figured it to be a mayfly or a Caddis or an attractor so covering all  bets. Good idea but books and papers on Entomology tell us it's a Mayfly.   A grey bodied Mayfly Dun Emerger and it crops up in most trout river and streams round the world.   As you well know I am a big fan of duns and if you have been guided by me you must have fished a dun at some stage of the day.   A Bushy Emerger Grey parachute size #16 would be my bet.

Guides life is over and the Custom Bushy Emerger Grey parachute is my subtile change in searching for the perfect Adams. 

David's Tip    Parachutes ride low in the water and show the duns body colour better.