Fulling Mill Winged Adams

A century on, still the first dry most anglers reach for

When fish are up and you cannot pick the hatch, this is the sensible first cast. The grizzly and brown hackle mix blended over a grey body reads as almost any mayfly dun on the water, which is exactly what Leonard Halladay was after when he tied the first Adams in Michigan in 1922. The winged version carries upright hackle-tip wings for a truer silhouette than a parachute gives, worth having when fish are looking hard in flat light. Carry a spread of sizes and let the fish tell you which one.