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The Parachute Adams is a classic dry fly recipe using Adams gray dubbing for the body, a white poly yarn or calf hair post for visibility, and mixed brown and grizzly hackle fibers for the tail, with matching brown/grizzly hackle wrapped around the post for floatation, imitating mayflies or general attractor patterns, tied on hooks from #10 to #22.

This video shows how to tie the Parachute Adams: 1m Charlie's Fly Box YouTube • Apr 21, 2019

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Parachute Adams Recipe

Hook: Standard dry fly hook (e.g., TMC 100), sizes #10 (large) to #22 (small). Thread: Gray or black 8/0 (70 denier). Tail: A mix of brown and grizzly hackle fibers, about a shank length long. Body: Adams gray superfine dry fly dubbing or muskrat fur. Wing Post: White polypropylene yarn or Antron yarn. Hackle: Matched brown and grizzly rooster neck or saddle feathers.