Tying (and fishing) a Parachute Adams Dry Fly
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มิ.ย. 2022
- The parachute style of dry flies was created in 1931 by Helen Todd who tied for the Alexander Martin Fishing Company in Scotland. The style's effectiveness can largely be attributed to the body of the fly riding in the surface film with the outspread hackle keeping it afloat.
Hook: #12-22 dry fly
Thread: Any color, or to match the body
Tail: Hackle fibers
Body: Adams gray dubbing (for an Adams)
Post: White calftail (or synthetic)
Hackle: Brown and grizzly (for an Adams)
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Keep up the great work! I love the history of the flies (when available), I love the science behind how and why flies work, and I especially love the fishing footage. A small fish beats no fish any day! I'd rather catch lots of little panfish than nothing.
Ha! Great comment; I do appreciate it. And yep, any fish at all can make for a good day on the water. Have a great weekend my friend!
i like it when guys like you take the fly out later for a test run
Definitely! That's one of the most fun things we can do. :-)
I really enjoy your tying instruction and especially the background and commentary that goes with it. You are a treasure to the fly tying community. Thanks so much.
Wow Michael, thank you for these kind words. Have a great weekend my friend!
Good morning Matt☕️☕️
Love an Adams, and the footage was amazing you are on to a new dimension👍
Appreciate it Jim! I've been lucky enough to get out on the water a few times over the last few weeks. I had the evenings off while on the exercise up in Northern MD and the Gunpowder wasn't too far away. :-)
Great Fly Tutorial Matt, I’ve already watched this one three times. Your added footage fishing was just as enjoyable for me. Mega Thx.
Well thank you! I certainly appreciate the extra views. :-)
Thanks Matt. I will need to work on my parachute skills. They pretty much suck. I'm liking the extra footage of you fishing. Have a great weekend!!
Appreciate it Todd! And you too my friend. :-)
Hi from Rolla Missouri 🎣🤠 Dave Hughes.
Thanks so much for the history of this fly, looks like a wonderful mayfly pattern. I really like the two toned tail. Good health for you and your's Dave 🎣🤠
Nice Pattern, thanks for the example tie Matt. I like the fishing afterward. Thanks for the entertainment.
You bet Lee! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Good Morning Sir Matt, I really enjoyed the these last three videos, I always did love old school. Parachutes today with the different materials available are very affective and produce fish and easier to ty. I voted for happy pappi, and the Hopper you tied was prime time Sir Matt 👍😀. See you on the next one. The fishing footage is 💯👍awesome, I'm so happy for you being able to spend more time on the river.
Well thank you Edward! I should get the opportunity to get out on the water more often this summer. That's my plan anyway. Have a great weekend my friend!
Good morning Matt. Enjoyed todays pattern and the parachute style. I haven’t tried to tie this one yet but will have to because everyone says it’s an effective fish catcher. I like the river fishing footage as well. Need another ☕️. Beautiful morning here, light rain last night and sun rise is gorgeous. Take care Matt.
Outstanding! Decent weather here but it's going to be a hot one this weekend. Not sure if I'll make it out to any water or not. We'll see. Have a great weekend my friend. :-)
Nice to see you fish what you tie! Always enjoy
Beautiful spot of water there. Is watch with or without the extra footage but I'm enjoying seeing your local river haunts. For me fishing is just as much about the peaceful locations I discover along the way as it is the activity of stalking and catching fish. ☺️
Great comment and I agree! I heard or read somewhere, where somebody said, "Trout don't live in ugly places." That's definitely true around here. :-)
Nice , classic pattern still extremely effective;and nice you presented it.
Always enjoy your videos.Love the Gunpowder, don't always get big fish, but you get fish.
Thanks Ed! Yeah, there are some beautiful stretches of water on the Gunpowder. :-)
Love seeing your local waters. Keep it going!
I appreciate the note! I'll try to get more footage every time I go out this spring/summer. Especially when I get to some new waters that I've never fished. :-)
Hi from Rolla Missouri 🎣🤠 Dave Hughes. I bought a new eight ft 3 wt glass 3piece with anOrvis #2 click reel. It cast really fine, the blue gills are in for a hard time. Nice fly good luck and health for you and your's Dave Hughes 🎣🤠.
Appreciate it Dave! And yeah, the old school feel to fiberglass rods can make for some fun fishing. :-)
Good morning Matt. Like the pattern choice this morning. Will have to give this a try. Have not tied many para post flies need to practice tying more. Thanks for this one to motivate me. Have a great weekend and stay safe my friend.
Appreciate it Karl! You have a great weekend too my friend. :-)
Nothing beats the Adams. Nothing. 😉
Thanks for sharing Matt, another nice fly. Have a blessed my friend.
Appreciate it! Have a great weekend my friend. :-)
Good stuff, Matt. I've tied a lot of parachutes, but never tried that vertical orientation for hackling. "Dinks" or not, you had a good outing.
Thanks Jim! It's always fun to be on the water. Catching fish just makes it a little more fun. :-)
Great to see you out enjoying the great outdoors Matt! Have a good summer and get more video when you can!
Thanks Glen! I definitely plan to my friend. :-)
Another great, informative tying session. I typically stay away from tying parachute flies because they frustrate me so. I think I will have to revisited that using your technique, it looks much easier. Thanks again.
Thanks again for another great video, that was an excellent instructional on tying parachute posts. I also enjoyed those good looking fish on a beautiful evening. Keep the videos coming thanks
Well thank you John I appreciate the note my friend. :-)
Dang that last catch was pretty cool
Thanks for the tutorial and taking us fishing. This is one of the flies I use for bluegills down in southern Maryland. They seem to like it as much as those little trout.
Hey Matt nice tie!! It’s really nice to get to see you out fishing!!!
Thanks Scott! I appreciate it. Any day on the water is a good day. :-)
Thanks Matt. I’ve tied these before but never thought to switch the fly so the post is horizontal. It looks like a lot easier. I enjoyed your on the river video as well.
Well thank you James! Hope you had a great weekend my friend. :-)
This is one classic fly that I haven’t tried tying yet. But as usual, you showed the whole process clearly and I think I should be able to do it now. Thanks Matt!
Definitely Troy! I'm sure you can handle this one. Mine was pretty shabby and they still catch fish. :-)
Good morning Matt. As usual, you make tying a post look way too easy. The Gunpowder footage was great. Always like to see you in action. Fishing what you tie makes all the time spent, worth it. You should film some more float tube antics. Perhaps you could tie a fly while out on the tube!
Ha! Thanks Don. No way I could do anything resembling tying a fly in the float tube. It's all I can do to tie another one one after I break one off in a tree. :-)
Going through old tying books, they parachute with two split upright wings like a Catskill style set of uprights
Great learning experience watching you tie this parachute Adams. I always struggle with parachutes. Even if you only catch 1 small fish it’s worth it. Thanks Matt
Yes indeed Chad; it's always great to get out on the water. I always tell myself that actually catching fish is a bonus. :-)
Incredible fly Matt. A beautiful job of tying. I believe this is one of my favorite videos you have done. I could watch you do this all day. Para post materials, yeah something new to order. I’m loving these fishing additions to the videos. The Gunpowder River, beautiful looking body of water. Gorgeous Brown, buddy. Thanks for an enjoyable tie and fishing trip.
Appreciate it Jeff! I hope you had a great weekend my friend. I just got back from the farm. No fishing for me but sometimes the work just has to be done. :-)
Great pattern. I have been tying more parachutes lately...they are very effective. I use curved hooks for them all, but I like the look of a standard dry fly hook. Thanks for sharing Matt. Have a great weekend.
Appreciate it Todd! Graham had a comment here about tying them on klinkhammer hooks. I think I'm going to do a few like this. And maybe add some parachute sulphurs and BWOs to my box. Lots of options with this style. :-)
Those little guys would be a hoot on a 2 or 3 wt. Nice fly Matt. Keep the good stuff coming.
They were Dave! Especially using my 3-wt fiberglass rod. I can't get any real long casts with that thing, but it does make the 9-inch fish more fun. And the occasional 12-incher a LOT of fun. :-)
Definitely a cool looking fly Matt
The good thing about the parachute is that you can use a larger hackle
Thanks for the video Matt
Yes Dave! That is a great point. Or even a smaller one. Ie, if you don't get the hackle the perfect size, it's still a very fishable fly. :-)
Hi Matt hope your summer is going great ,awesome to see you tying such a effective pattern
Well thank you Chasse! I'm having a great summer so far. Hope you are too my friend!
Awesome video Matt. Mega Thx for the fishing bit on the end !!!
You bet! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Nice one Matt. Haven’t tried tying a parachute Adam’s yet. The post looks a bit tedious but after your explanation of why they are so effective I’m going to have to give it a go. Thanks again and it’s nice to see you catching fish.
Thanks DB! I would recommend doing a synthetic post first; they are a bit easier. :-)
Sweet little fly!! I love the history behind it, awesome fishing footage!! I truly appreciate your informative tying sessions!! Thanks for sharing Matt!!
Well thank you James! I appreciate the kind words my friend. :-)
Nice job Matt as always. Beautiful looking stream too. As soon as I saw you first start to cast I said that’s got to be a glass rod. Looks like you were having a good time! Thanks for the video
Absolutely David! I do have a couple of fast action 2-wt rods, but this 3-wt fiberglass is a ton of fun to fish. It makes the 9-inch fish more fun, and the occasional 12-incher feel like a monster. :-)
I fished with a buddies 3 weight glass rod a couple weeks ago it was a blast once I got the timing down. And I got a couple 12” monsters on it and I had a bow in that rod from cork to tip😁. I’ll be adding one to my collection for sure!
Love your tie, thank you for sharing. Cleaned up my crowding the head issue.
Thank you Charles! I appreciate the feedback my friend. :-)
thanks matt... any day fishing is a good day.. see ya joe.
Another good looking fly again Matt. I dont think you have made an ugly one yet.
Ha! I've tied plenty of ugly ones Ken but those videos don't usually get shown. :-)
That was cool watching you catch them guy’s Matt, and awesome fly too!!!!!!
Appreciate it! I'm still waiting for the day when I hook into a 15-incher on this river while I'm fishing with this 3-wt fiberglass rod. That is going to be a battle. :-)
@@SavageFlies yes it is and I hope do!
Matt, keep on rockin'!! Great videos and love the live-fire shots from the river. Great addition to your productions. Keep up the great work!!
Well thank you! It's fun to get a few minutes of fishing clips when I can. Of course, I could be fishing for hours and end up with about three minutes of me catching something. :-)
Great video matt.and it's a deadly pattern that fishes very well.thank matt for sharing
Appreciate it Mike!
Great tie Matt! I do my hackle different than you, but I'm going to try your way to see if I can do it. This is the kind of tieing I love to watch. Thanks so much. Tight lines. 👍
Thanks Jim! I always appreciate your notes my friend. :-)
Very effective. I do like tying the wing with calftail & think it looks better. However, I confess to mostly using poly yarn nowadays, since I think it’s faster to use. One trick you might try after tying in the post at the base, I flip my vise to invert the hook, place swivel hackle pliers on the post material to lock the material in place & then wrap the post with thread. After prepping the post, I add the hackle collar using the same method that you use.
That is a very pretty stream with some pretty trout.
Thanks Bob; that's a great idea. Swivel hackle pliers are one tool I don't yet have. And yes, the Gunpowder River is a beautiful place. Lots of different type water in the 17 miles of C&R. A couple miles of pure pocket water, several miles of pebbled bottom with riffles and chutes. And sections like this one with deeper, smooth water sprinkled throughout it all. The only down side is that it's close to both DC and Baltimore, easy access and gets pretty crowded on weekends in the spring and summer. (But as a tailwater, the temps stay consistently 50-60 degrees no matter the season or air temp.)
Love the sweep the hackle stems back technique. I started doing it to keep eye area neater, found out it helps to balance the fly as well
Great tip Alex! I'm sure the one I tied in this video wasn't very well balanced as my post ended up being too far forward. But they still seem to fish well enough. :-)
Very nice fly. Great job Matt. Thx!
Thanks Clyde!
I’ve been using Elk hair caddis harassing the perch and small bass lately..had to change from my go to foam Llano bug, I know it works, figured I’d try a natural material fly. I’ll definitely try this parachute fly, it will work for sure, perch aren’t finicky eaters.😂 That is a beautiful place you’re fishing. I sometimes target big fish, but mostly have a great time with Dinks!🙂 Glad to see you fishing..Really appreciate your great videos Matt! Thank you and have a wonderful weekend my friend! 🎣👍👍🙂
Thank you Charlie; I appreciate the note my friend! I too love targeting the big fish when I see them, but when I'm prospecting, I'll just take whatever I get. :-)
Awesome fly been tying this one for a bit!! Good fishing!
Appreciate it Richard!
Great video Matt!
I've found that tying in your post, before the tail is much easier.
And you can get a better body taper.
I also hackle the post the same way as you, but when using 2 hackle, I strip the one side off each hackle.
Excellent tips! And yes, when I tie dry flies with upright wings I usually do them before the tail. I don't know why I didn't think to do that on this too. :-)
Loved this one Matt. Many thanks. W
Thanks! Always appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Awesome fly Matt, I was just fishing this pattern on Wednesday and was super successful. Love the bonus fishing clips. Thanks Matt for sharing
Appreciate it Layton! One of the things I like most about this pattern is that I tie a lot of shabby ones and they still work well. :-)
Hi Matt, the Adams is a must have dry in all sizes, I like a klinkhamer version as it brings fish up when nothing else is happening and you can add a small nymph (klink & dink). Snowshoe hare makes a lovely post and using a cree hackle means you don't need to use the brown and grizzly...but is it still an Adams ?
Partridge done the parachute hooks with the post a few years ago but they didn't do very well and where soon discontinued.
I was lucky enough to get some of the original Niche siliconised polypropylene and its the best material for posts, fly tying boutique sells it and is the only supplier I think.
If you like the Adams have a look at the Grey Duster and the Rat Faced McDougal.
Great tie and nice to see you fishing again 👍
Great comment Graham! I love this idea of tying some standard parachute dry flies on a klinkhammer hook. Now I've heard of the Rat Faced McDougal but the Grey Duster is a new one to me. I'm looking it up now. This thing looks great! It's certainly got the Adams colors but most I'm seeing don't have a tail. I am definitely going to put a half dozen of these in my box. I might tie some sulphur duns in this style as well. Thank you for the idea!
Matt didn't know you were from the West but you sure know how to handle that buggy whip
Ha! That's what these slow action fiberglass rods feel like. But they can sure be a lot of fun. :-)
Your vids just keep getting better and better Matt! Hope you are having a great summer so far!
Thanks Sarge! Great to see you stopping by. I still check your stuff out every few weeks I think I watched the peanut butter MRE last week. :-)
Nothin wrong with a 9” brown, man. I spend some days just catching 4-9” brookies in these tiny little mountain streams north of me and it’s every bit as exhilarating as landing a 3-5# bass. Small fish in small water…the essence of fly fishing for many people, myself included.
Cool
The boonie is back ;o) Parachutes and me never got along. I've tied a few and usually ended up with the leaning post of Pisa. I remember reading about a gallows to make life easier in tying them. When was the last time you've read or seen a video with a tyer using a gallows?
Nice teaching video Matt. Great history too. Those were some nice "dinks" in that river, I'd be happy with them :o) Thanks Matt.
Thanks Joe! I don't think I've ever seen a video of anyone tying with that parachute tool you're talking about. If that is indeed what a "gallows" is. But I think I know what you're talking about. I should probably research that. But I just haven't tied too many parachute patterns lately. I think I tied three dozen parachute Adams and a dozen purple hazes last spring, and I've still got over half of them in one of my boxes. But... I think I'm going to try some parachute sulphurs and BWOs this year. I could certainly use the practice. :-)
Hi Matt nice tie. I’ve used calf body hair for the post. can be a bit slippery though.
Yes indeed Ajit! I do love the old school calf tail though. :-)
Great video Matt. Early this season, I tied some Hackle Stacker emergers and Last Chance style cripples. Have you tried those yet? I don't think I hooked a fish with them but if I remember, they did did get some immediate attention from the fussy wild browns on Spring Creek.
I haven't tied either of these. I'm familiar with the "last chance" ones but the Hackle Stacker is a new one to me. I'm looking it up now and wow... okay, I think I've seen it before. But definitely haven't tied one yet. Thanks for the note; I'm adding this to my list. :-)
Parachute hackle is pretty frustrating for me. My solution is to tie conventional hackle, then trim a "V" out of the bottom of the hackle collar. Wider V, lower riding fly.
Hard to beat the good old Adam's. Have you tried a purple haze parachute I've been doing good on it.
I have Hugh! I've done great with that one too. :-)
07:42 pm.
Hi Matt. I'm not sure where else to ask this question, but I suspect if anyone knows you will. I picked up an old TMC collection and in it was a box of size 14 TMC 205BL hooks. Its a very unusual looking hook and I have not been able to find what it would used for and why. A friend thought it might be used on a Klinkhammer but this hook has a very pronounced bend in the middle. I hope you are able to comment on it; I'd love to know something about it. By the way - the parachute adams and the elk hair caddis are my most used dry flies. I'd like to get better at tying them and this video is going to help.
Hi William! Nice find on this old hook. I think Tiemco has replaced it with the 206 but it's similar to it and they called it a caddis pupa hook. If you've ever heard of the Pig Sticker fly (basically a red blood worm looking thing), it was tied on this weird hook, but in one of the larger sizes. It's an interesting hook but I think they are such a specialized hook that they probably weren't very big sellers. And so they changed it a bit, with a less pronounced bend, and gave it a new model- the 206. That's my hypothesis anyway. :-)
What rod do you use
Without watching this video, I believe I was using my Redington 3-wt Butterstick here. It's a sweet little fiberglass rod.
I can’t find much on Helen Todd, is she the same person as Helen Shaw?
No Al, Helen Shaw was American. Helen Todd was from Scotland. I couldn't find much about her, but here's one of the sources I dug up: simpsonflyfishing.com/the-parachute-adams/
Quite swell, Matt. Some commercial parachute flies used hackles and/or wings that are too short and hackles are too sparse. They might as well be fished as a top dropper on a nymph rig. They wouldn't float any longer than a marabou streamer.
Ha! That's a great analogy. I don't mind a short wing post but it's got to have enough hackle or you're right, and you're basically fishing it as an emerger.