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
[video=youtube_share;HNIinE5J9QY]http://youtu.be/HNIinE5J9QY[/video]
Pt 2
[video=youtube_share;zK3Exd6qqc0]http://youtu.be/zK3Exd6qqc0[/video]
Pt 3
[video=youtube_share;Q9Okh-dxzbY]http://youtu.be/Q9Okh-dxzbY[/video]
Thanks much! Well worth the watch. I enjoyed it.
Ralph
Thanks, Deb. Loved it all!!!
Mike
What a wonderful bit of fly fishing history !
Thank you for this…
I enjoyed that very much. Thank you for posting it here.
John
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 …
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…
A favorite fly and post…
Deb, thank you very much for sharing this treasure.
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!
For anyone who wants to see an adams as tied by Halliday there is one on display in the library in Kingsly Mi about three miles South of the pond on the Boardman river Where Charles Adams first fished an adams.
Way back in the 50’s I fished the Boardman with a couple of other old time flyfisherman. One was a fella by the name of George Everheart who was an avid fan of the Boardman River, and it was he who had invited me on that fishing trip. Whats more, it was George who got me started tying (George passed on some 50+ years ago). This brought back some wonderful old memories, I enjoyed ~ thanks.