size 14
Grey and Grizzly Soft Hackle
- Hook
- size 14
- Tippet
- 5Xrule of three
From$19.50down to $5.50 a fly
A classic all-around wet fly pattern imitating emerging mayflies, caddis pupae, or small aquatic invertebrates. It is typically fished subsurface on a wet-fly swing or dead drifted through riffles and runs.
- Made to order
- One-off fly, not a production run
- Full recipe listed below
Tied by @dekasso
Recipe
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- This high-detail macro shot captures the essential elements of this legendary attractor pattern. It features the signature divided upright wings, the distinctly barred grizzly hackle fibers, and the natural gray dubbing body. The materials are proportioned perfectly on a standard dry fly hook to ensure it sits correctly and floats reliably on the water.
- Hook
- Standard Dry Fly Hook (e.g., TMC 100 or Mustad 94840), Size 14
- Thread
- 8/0 or 70 Denier, Gray or Black
- Wings
- Natural Grizzly Hen or Cock Hackle Tips, tied upright and divided
- Tail
- Mixed Brown (Furnace) and Grizzly Hackle Fibers
- Body
- Gray Muskrat or Super Fine Dry Fly Dubbing
- Hackle
- One Grizzly and one Brown Dry Fly Quality Hackle (palmered together)
- Wing Placement
- Secure the hackle tips as wings at the 1/3 mark on the hook shank using a figure-eight wrap to divide them. This provides the characteristic silhouette.
- Tapered Body
- Create a slender, slightly tapered body using the gray dubbing, running from the base of the wings down to the bend.
- Hackle Selection
- For a true Adams, both grizzly and brown hackle are used. In this specific request for a "grizzly hackle" version, I have used only the grizzly feather, creating a slightly lighter, perhaps more specific imitation, while maintaining the traditional gray body and wing structure.
- Proportions
- Ensure the hackle fibers are not excessively long; they should be roughly 1.5 to 2 times the gap of the hook. The tail should be sparse but long enough to balance the fly.
On the water
Made one at a time by Dekasso. No two come out identical and none of them came off a production line.
What turns up
- Your flies in a slim foam box
- A card with the recipe
- Lead time
- Tied to order, usually within a week
- Shipping
- Flat $4 shipping, free over $60
- If it fails
- Fish it. If it falls apart, we replace it.
Goes with it
FLY-K676SJGTS89X
Where this came from
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- dry fly
- adams
- mayfly