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Flies

Adams

Adams Dry Fly

Key points

Imitates: Mayflies (adult dun); fish #12–16 .
Where: river risers and stillwater evening hatches (named for lakes like Premier Lake).
Fish it: drag-free dead drift; see Dry-Fly Fishing (Fundamentals).

Imitates

Mayflies (adult).

Related

Dry-Fly Fishing (Fundamentals) / Match the Hatch (Stillwater) — how/when to use it.
Royal Wulff / Stimulator — the attractor alternatives.

Where next

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What it imitates Mayflies The classic dry-fly hatch. On Kootenay stillwaters it's mostly *Callibaetis*; rivers and lakes also see Pale Morning Duns, Blue Wing Olives and Green Drakes. Tr How to fish it Dry-Fly Fishing (Fundamentals) The core river dry-fly method that the Creston cutthroat game is built on. Get a clean drag-free drift over a feeding fish, match the bug roughly, and set the h

Proven water Elk River Fernie's marquee dry-fly freestone: wild westslope-cutthroat-trout, bull trout, whitefish, drift boat floating, braided channels, cutbanks and a serious hatch c Reference Hatch charts Month-by-month guide to insect life and matching the hatch.