{"id":5638,"date":"2026-11-06T04:50:33","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T04:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/the-adams-fly\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T01:11:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T01:11:52","slug":"the-adams-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/the-adams-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"The Adams Fly: History, Versions and How to Fish It"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5638\" class=\"elementor elementor-5638 elementor-bc-flex-widget\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59bb577 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"59bb577\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2173134 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2173134\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you could only carry one dry fly, a lot of experienced anglers would pick the <strong>Adams<\/strong>. It doesn&#8217;t copy any one insect exactly. Instead, its gray body, mixed brown and grizzly hackle and upright wings look a little like dozens of mayflies, caddis and even midge clusters. That&#8217;s exactly why it works almost everywhere trout rise.<\/p><p>This guide covers where the Adams came from, what each part of the fly does, the popular versions you&#8217;ll find in fly shops, how to pick the right size and how to fish it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-121dd21 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"121dd21\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a95c398 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a95c398\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fly-fishing-dry-fly-river-mountains-photo-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5635\" alt=\"Angler fly fishing a calm river below mountains in evening light\" srcset=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fly-fishing-dry-fly-river-mountains-photo-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fly-fishing-dry-fly-river-mountains-photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fly-fishing-dry-fly-river-mountains-photo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fly-fishing-dry-fly-river-mountains-photo-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fly-fishing-dry-fly-river-mountains-photo.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8678308 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8678308\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1955867 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1955867\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Evening on the river, when an Adams on the water is hard to beat. Photo: Robson Hatsukami Morgan on Unsplash.<\/em><\/p><h2>A Little History<\/h2><p>The Adams was first tied in 1922 by <strong>Leonard Halladay<\/strong>, a fly tier from Mayfield, Michigan. His friend <strong>Charles F. Adams<\/strong>, an attorney from Ohio, tried the new fly on the Boardman River near Traverse City and came back with a great report. Halladay named the fly after him, and a century later it&#8217;s still one of the best-selling dry flies in the world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a434cc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0a434cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aabd63f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aabd63f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fly-tying-at-the-bench-photo-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5637\" alt=\"Fly tier tying flies at a table\" srcset=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fly-tying-at-the-bench-photo-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fly-tying-at-the-bench-photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fly-tying-at-the-bench-photo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fly-tying-at-the-bench-photo-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fly-tying-at-the-bench-photo.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f51af19 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f51af19\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dc9e91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5dc9e91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>The Adams is also one of the first dry flies many tiers learn. Photo: Josh Frenette on Unsplash.<\/em><\/p><h2>Anatomy of the Adams<\/h2><p>Every part of the Adams has a job. Together they make a fly that floats well, lands upright and looks like food to a trout. Here are the parts on a real Parachute Adams, the version most anglers fish today.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0449d8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a0449d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8b8ee3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b8b8ee3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jacobsforkflytying.com\/products\/parachute-adams\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/parachute-adams-anatomy-fly-photo-1024x646.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6211\" alt=\"Anatomy of the Parachute Adams on a real fly: white post, parachute hackle, gray dubbed body, mixed tail, dry-fly hook and head. Fly tied by Jacobs Fork Fly Tying\" srcset=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/parachute-adams-anatomy-fly-photo-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/parachute-adams-anatomy-fly-photo-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/parachute-adams-anatomy-fly-photo-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/parachute-adams-anatomy-fly-photo-1536x969.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/parachute-adams-anatomy-fly-photo-600x379.jpg 600w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/parachute-adams-anatomy-fly-photo.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e01f3a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e01f3a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11cfeb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11cfeb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Tail:<\/strong> mixed brown and grizzly hackle fibers. They help the fly land and ride upright, like the tails of a mayfly.<\/li><li><strong>Body:<\/strong> gray dubbing, originally muskrat fur. Gray is the color of a huge number of mayflies, caddis and midges.<\/li><li><strong>Wings or post:<\/strong> the classic Adams has grizzly hen hackle tips, set upright and split, for the silhouette of a mayfly at rest. The Parachute Adams swaps them for a single white post that is much easier to see on the water.<\/li><li><strong>Hackle:<\/strong> brown and grizzly hackle wound together as a collar. The mix of colors suggests legs and movement, and the stiff fibers hold the fly up on the surface. On the parachute version the hackle is wound flat around the post, so the fly rides low in the film like a real mayfly.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0bcd1a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f0bcd1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f9caf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0f9caf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/product\/colorful-adams-dry-fly-sticker-great-for-the-fly-angler\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-sticker-banner-1024x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5511\" alt=\"Colorful Adams Sticker banner\" srcset=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-sticker-banner-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-sticker-banner-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-sticker-banner-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-sticker-banner-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-sticker-banner-2048x683.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-sticker-banner-600x200.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5801d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ed5801d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b30847 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b30847\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Why the Adams Works<\/h2><p>Trout eat what&#8217;s common and easy, and they look first at size, shape and how a bug sits on the water. The Adams gets those right without matching any single insect too closely:<\/p><ul><li><strong>The right shape.<\/strong> Upright wings and a slim body read as &#8220;mayfly&#8221; to a trout.<\/li><li><strong>The right colors.<\/strong> Gray and brown are the colors of most of the bugs on most rivers.<\/li><li><strong>The right size.<\/strong> Tied from size 12 to size 22, it covers big spring mayflies down to winter midges.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd76fec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dd76fec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-678652d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"678652d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/mayfly-full-view-photo-1024x853.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5666\" alt=\"A mayfly resting on a leaf, showing its upright wings, slender body and long tails\" srcset=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/mayfly-full-view-photo-1024x853.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/mayfly-full-view-photo-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/mayfly-full-view-photo-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/mayfly-full-view-photo-600x500.jpg 600w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/mayfly-full-view-photo.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4478f1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e4478f1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4a92b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4a92b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>A mayfly at rest. Compare its upright wings and long tails to the Adams. Photo: Erik Karits on Unsplash.<\/em><\/p><h2>The Adams Family<\/h2><p>Over the years tiers have built a whole family of flies on the original. These are the versions we keep in our boxes and when we use them.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3244880 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3244880\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca8a9cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ca8a9cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-fly-variations-v3-1024x654.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6216\" alt=\"Six versions of the Adams fly: Classic Adams, Parachute Adams, Hi-Vis Parachute Adams, Female Adams, Purple Haze and Adams Irresistible\" srcset=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-fly-variations-v3-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-fly-variations-v3-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-fly-variations-v3-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-fly-variations-v3-1536x981.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-fly-variations-v3-2048x1308.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-fly-variations-v3-600x383.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0b000e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a0b000e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-562b789 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"562b789\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you&#8217;re only buying one, buy the <strong>Parachute Adams<\/strong>. It sits lower in the surface film like a real mayfly, it lands upright almost every time and the white post is easy to see. Carry a hi-vis version for low light and choppy water.<\/p><h2>How to Pick the Right Size<\/h2><p>The size of your Adams decides what it imitates. When trout are rising, catch a bug or look at the ones on the water and match the size first. When nothing is hatching, a size 14 or 16 is a great searching fly.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f213b3 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3f213b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5217720 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5217720\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72019db elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"72019db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jacobsforkflytying.com\/products\/parachute-adams\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1025\" src=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/parachute-adams-jacobs-fork-fly-tying-768x1025.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-6199\" alt=\"Parachute Adams fly tied by Jacobs Fork Fly Tying\" srcset=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/parachute-adams-jacobs-fork-fly-tying-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/parachute-adams-jacobs-fork-fly-tying-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/parachute-adams-jacobs-fork-fly-tying-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/parachute-adams-jacobs-fork-fly-tying-1151x1536.jpg 1151w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/parachute-adams-jacobs-fork-fly-tying-600x801.jpg 600w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/parachute-adams-jacobs-fork-fly-tying.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21d4c51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21d4c51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;margin-bottom:0\"><em>Parachute Adams tied by <a href=\"https:\/\/jacobsforkflytying.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacobs Fork Fly Tying<\/a>. Photo used with permission.<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/jacobsforkflytying.com\/products\/parachute-adams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Get the Parachute Adams from Jacobs Fork &rarr;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2534aa5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2534aa5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e4be04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7e4be04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-fly-size-chart-v3-1024x741.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6215\" alt=\"Adams fly size chart from size 12 to size 22, showing what each size imitates and the best season\" srcset=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-fly-size-chart-v3-1024x741.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-fly-size-chart-v3-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-fly-size-chart-v3-768x556.jpg 768w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-fly-size-chart-v3-1536x1112.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-fly-size-chart-v3-2048x1482.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/adams-fly-size-chart-v3-600x434.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bc8e5d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2bc8e5d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fa143 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10fa143\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>How to Fish the Adams<\/h2><ul><li><strong>Dead drift.<\/strong> Cast a few feet upstream of a rising fish or a likely spot and let the fly float with no drag. Mend your line to keep it drifting naturally.<\/li><li><strong>Searching the water.<\/strong> No rises? Fish an Adams through riffles, seams and along banks. Trout will come up for a fly that looks like food even when nothing is hatching.<\/li><li><strong>As an indicator.<\/strong> A size 12 or 14 Parachute Adams floats well enough to hold up a small nymph in a dry-dropper rig. You fish two depths at once and the post shows every take.<\/li><li><strong>As a midge or BWO.<\/strong> In sizes 18 to 22, a Parachute Adams passes for small blue-winged olives and midge clusters on calm water. See <a href=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/midges-and-small-flies\/\">Midges and Small Flies<\/a> for more.<\/li><li><strong>Tippet.<\/strong> Use 4X or 5X for sizes 12 to 16, and 6X for size 18 and smaller.<\/li><\/ul><h2>Keep Your Adams Floating<\/h2><ul><li>Treat the fly with floatant before you start fishing, not after it&#8217;s wet.<\/li><li>After a fish, rinse the fly, squeeze it dry in a cloth or chamois and false cast a few times.<\/li><li>Add a desiccant powder when the hackle gets slimy and the fly starts to sink.<\/li><\/ul><h2>Keep Learning<\/h2><p>For more on dry fly fishing, read <a href=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/how-to-dry-fly-fish\/\">How to Dry Fly Fish<\/a>. For the other must-have dry fly, see <a href=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/how-to-fish-an-elk-hair-caddis\/\">How to Fish an Elk Hair Caddis<\/a>, and for when each hatch happens, check our <a href=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/seasonal-fly-fishing-tips\/\">Seasonal Fly Fishing Tips<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb7428d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bb7428d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04f7ca4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"04f7ca4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/product\/20-piece-fly-fishing-sticker-set-great-for-scrapbooks-memory-books-yeti-hydroflask-or-anywhere-die-cut-vinyl-sheet\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/20-piece-sticker-set-banner-1024x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5518\" alt=\"20-Piece Fly Fishing Sticker Set banner\" srcset=\"https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/20-piece-sticker-set-banner-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/20-piece-sticker-set-banner-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/20-piece-sticker-set-banner-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/20-piece-sticker-set-banner-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/20-piece-sticker-set-banner-2048x683.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/windriverflyworks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/20-piece-sticker-set-banner-600x200.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e150044 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e150044\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9004f54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9004f54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:1.5;color:#6B6B5E;margin:0;text-align:center\"><em>Fly photos by <a href=\"https:\/\/jacobsforkflytying.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacobs Fork Fly Tying<\/a>, used with permission. 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