"Grandpa's Story" The history of the Adams Fly

[Mato Kuwapi]

This just popped up via a Facebook group I'm involved in. (The Mason Tract) It's a wonderful personal family history of the Adam's Dry Fly. (in three parts)

Pt 1


Pt 2


Pt 3

[NJTroutbum]

Thanks much! Well worth the watch. I enjoyed it.

Ralph

[MikelC]

Thanks, Deb. Loved it all!!!

Mike

[Corvus]

What a wonderful bit of fly fishing history !

Thank you for this.....

[John Rhoades]

I enjoyed that very much. Thank you for posting it here.

John

[redietz]

That was fascinating.

Apparently, the Killer Bug is not the only classic fly originally tied with Chadwicks.

I find it interesting that he emphasized narrow hackle tip wings. I often hear tiers lament that we can't get wide hackle tips any more to tie a proper Adams ...

[gordo7]

We have come a 'Long Ways' since a fly would put a dime or fifteen cents into the tier's pocket.....and the trout yet honor our efforts.

Thank You for this glimpse into our past.......

[Steve Molcsan]

A favorite fly and post..

[jcampbell]

Deb, thank you very much for sharing this treasure.

[rgregorchik]

Thanks Deb, that was very interesting. I was also surprised to see how narrow the wings were. And I watched closely how he didn't use a bobbin and "hand wrapped" the tying thread. Thanks for sharing!