Parachute Adams

Tying steps

1. Mount the hook in the vise. Start the thread two eye-lengths back from the eye and wrap a smooth base back to the bend.
2. Tie in 6–10 grizzly hackle fibers for the tail, length about one shank long. Wrap forward to the 1/3 point from the eye.
3. Tie in the wing post material upright at the 1/3 point. Use a pinch of calf body hair, a 1-inch tuft of poly yarn, or a section of Antron — pick one and stay consistent across batches. Wrap thread up the base of the post for 8–10 turns to lock it vertical.
4. Apply a thin layer of Adams gray dubbing to the thread. Keep the dubbing tight and tapered — bulky bodies kill the silhouette.
5. Wrap the dubbed body forward, building a slight taper from tail to wing post. Stop just behind the post.
6. Tie in two hackles, one grizzly and one brown, by the stem at the base of the post. Strip the lower fibers off the first 1/8 inch so the stem mounts cleanly.
7. Wrap both hackles together up the post, 3–4 turns each, then bring the thread up to lock them at the top of the wraps.
8. Bring the hackles back down through the parachute wraps, secure with two thread wraps at the base, then trim the excess.
9. Build a small thread head behind the eye. Whip-finish, careful not to trap parachute fibers.
10. Coat the head with a drop of head cement or UV resin. Skip varnishing the parachute hackle — it kills the high-floating geometry.