How THIS fly changed Fly Fishing forever (the Adams)

Created in 1922 by Len Halladay of Michigan, many consider this pattern to be the most effective dry fly pattern of all time. Hook: #12-20 dry fly Thread: Black Tail: Brown and grizzly hackle fibers Body: Gray muskrat or synthetic Wings: Grizzly hackle tips Hackle: Brown and grizzly dry fly Books used for the research: The Founding Flies, by Mike Valla (2013) https://amzn.to/43f3ggB The History of Fly Fishing in 50 Flies, by Ian Whitelaw (2015) https://amzn.to/3FbUNTj Savage Flies is a project with the mission of encouraging and teaching fly tying to as many people as possible. The channel is named after one of my western Maryland homewaters, the Savage River. Thanks for stopping by.