My only hackle readily available was a little longer than I wanted, but thought some might a kick out of this:
My First Purple Adams
My only hackle readily available was a little longer than I wanted, but thought some might a kick out of this:
Last edited by Byron haugh; 03-27-2012 at 03:35 AM.
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That is not an Adam's. It's a purple thing tied in the style of and Adams!! I'm from Michignan and don't try to pass that off as Adam's!!
Go Wolverines. And don't try to pass that off as a great team. Kidding, of course. I went to Missouri - new member of the SEC.
Sorry to have offended your sensibilities, but I like the looks of this purple thing tied in the style of an Adams.
PS. The classic pattern is an "Adams", not an "Adam's", and your state is Michigan.
Last edited by Byron haugh; 03-27-2012 at 03:11 AM.
It looks like the tail is missing brown hackle fibers. If that is the case, I think that this would be a Purple Grizzly.
If you want to get technical and all.
That is called a purple haze marketed by Montana Fly
its a purple bodied something or other. as long as it works.
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Carlson's original Purple Haze is a parachute. The "Purple Craze" is the same fly with a dubbed thorax rather than the spandex. Their Purple Haze Cripple has either a dubbed or marabou body. They call my Loopwing Purple Haze a "Purple Phase" to distinguish it from Carlson's flies.Originally Posted by narcodog
I fish the Quigley-style in the other thread about 2/3 of the time and the loopwing most of the rest, with the standard parachute only when I need something bigger or in rough water. Tie the collar-hackled version above with a moose tail and white wings and it'd be a great rough water attractor.
Actually ...
... Andy Carlson's Purple Haze is a parachute. Follow the link to the image provided by Montana Fly Company of Andy's Purple Haze.
http://www.montanafly.com/Panel1/ima...QlA14-0010.png
As usual, Byron has done an excellent job tying and photographing a really neat fly. It is what it is, no matter what someone calls it.
John
The fish are always right.
Thanks John. Kind of you. Some take this a little seriously..........
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