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Adams Wet Fly

Wet Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

• Hook wet fly / 1XL, 12-16
• Thread gray 70 denier

Materials

• Tail Brown permanent marker (hen hackle fibers)
• Body Muskrat gray (superfine dubbing)
• Hackle Grizzly and brown hackle (soft hen, 1 each)
• Wing Gray flotation (matched duck-quill slips)

How to tie it

1. Mount the hook and start thread at the bend.
2. Tie in a short brown hen tail half a shank long.
3. Dub a slim gray body to the 75% mark.
4. Wind a soft grizzly and brown hen hackle 2-3 turns, then sweep the fibers back and down with thread pressure.
5. Set matched gray duck-quill wing slips low over the body, tips to the bend.
6. Build a small head and whip finish at the eye.

Tying videos

• Adams Wet Fly — Holsinger's Fly Shop (YouTube)
• Adams Wet Fly — Savage Flies (YouTube)
• Adams Wet Fly — Jim Misiura (YouTube)

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