Bazzer69 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2014 My version of Len Halliday's original Adam's. Not using Cree! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bazzer69 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2014 My version of Len Halliday's original Adam's. Not using Cree! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fisherboy0301 0 Report post Posted September 19, 2014 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bugsy 0 Report post Posted September 19, 2014 In all fairness, Bazzer's tie does represent one variation described as the original dressing many times over the years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldtrout58 0 Report post Posted September 19, 2014 I like it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted September 19, 2014 "In all fairness, Bazzer's tie does represent one variation described as the original dressing many times over the years." absolutely correct Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSzymczyk 0 Report post Posted September 19, 2014 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" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeBillingsley 0 Report post Posted September 19, 2014 Interesting article and comments on it: http://hatchesmagazine.com/blogs/Hatches/2010/04/19/the-adams-history-revisited-by-tom-deschaine/ Joe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barrytheguide 0 Report post Posted September 19, 2014 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted September 19, 2014 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/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted September 19, 2014 above photo from "Founding Flies" by Mike Valla Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Derington 0 Report post Posted September 20, 2014 Good stuff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSzymczyk 0 Report post Posted September 22, 2014 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barrytheguide 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2014 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Al Beatty 0 Report post Posted October 4, 2014 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 & ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites