My dressing of the original Adam's

[Bazzer69 0]

My version of Len Halliday's original Adam's. Not using Cree!

[Bazzer69 0]

My version of Len Halliday's original Adam's. Not using Cree!

[Fisherboy0301 0]

Your wings point back, with all the hackle in front of them. Len Halliday's were semi-spent and forward, with all the hackle behind. Great fly though.

[Bugsy 0]

In all fairness, Bazzer's tie does represent one variation described as the original dressing many times over the years.

[oldtrout58 0]

I like it!

[flytire 0]

"In all fairness, Bazzer's tie does represent one variation described as the original dressing many times over the years."

 

absolutely correct

[JSzymczyk 0]

absolutely correct

 

other than the " ' " which is not in ANY version of Adams.

 

Maybe Bazzer's first name is Adam, then it could be "Adam's Adams"

[JoeBillingsley 0]

Interesting article and comments on it:

 

http://hatchesmagazine.com/blogs/Hatches/2010/04/19/the-adams-history-revisited-by-tom-deschaine/

 

Joe

[barrytheguide 0]

 

absolutely correct

 

other than the " ' " which is not in ANY version of Adams.

 

Maybe Bazzer's first name is Adam, then it could be "Adam's Adams"

You are just to smart for me. Yep, my major was not English although I am born and breed a Brit.

But I'd love to see you dressing of the ADAMS

[flytire 0]

from the interweb

 

The Ancestral Adams

 

"I got my first look at a real Halladay Adams in the late 1970s at the American Museum of Fly Fishing, and it was a little shocking. The original fly looked — to be painfully blunt, and intending no compliment to either Halladay or me — like I had tied it myself. The body was thick, even lumpy. Both the tail and the hackle were significantly oversized and bushy. The wings were about three-quarters spent and also oversized. (Halladay tied the wings both upright and spent.)"

 

http://midcurrent.com/history/the-adams-a-great-salesman/

[flytire 0]

 

 

above photo from "Founding Flies" by Mike Valla

[Bruce Derington 0]

Good stuff

[JSzymczyk 0]

 

 

absolutely correct

other than the " ' " which is not in ANY version of Adams.

 

Maybe Bazzer's first name is Adam, then it could be "Adam's Adams"

You are just to smart for me. Yep, my major was not English although I am born and breed a Brit.

But I'd love to see you dressing of the ADAMS

 

An apostrophe in a word MEANS something. Really very simple. Possession or contraction. Fifth grade English. When I see someone randomly place an apostrophe in a word where it does not belong, it makes me want to smack them upside the head.

 

The OP got it right AND wrong in the same sentence!

 

Oh well, we all have our little things we hate. The little things I hate are ticks and misplaced apostrophes.

[barrytheguide 0]

 

 

 

absolutely correct

 

other than the " ' " which is not in ANY version of Adams.

 

Maybe Bazzer's first name is Adam, then it could be "Adam's Adams"

You are just to smart for me. Yep, my major was not English although I am born and breed a Brit.

But I'd love to see you dressing of the ADAMS

An apostrophe in a word MEANS something. Really very simple. Possession or contraction. Fifth grade English. When I see someone randomly place an apostrophe in a word where it does not belong, it makes me want to smack them upside the head.

 

The OP got it right AND wrong in the same sentence!

 

Oh well, we all have our little things we hate. The little things I hate are ticks and misplaced apostrophes.

Damn grammar police. Take it somewhere else, please.

[Al Beatty 0]

Hi guys,

 

Here is a YouTube link to Halliday's grandson tying the Adams. It is in 3 parts; we found it quite interesting.

Take care & ...