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Adams (and Parachute Adams)

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Dry flyBoardman River, Michigan

$3.00 each

Michigan's own fly, born on the Boardman, and still the default searching dry on every river in the state. Hawkins recommends a slim-tied #10 to #12 Adams for Gray Drake spinner falls at dusk on the Pere Marquette and Muskegon, and smaller sizes pass for most gray-winged mayflies from April through October.

6 × $3.00 = $18.00

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Setups

Dry fly

Imitates

When to fish it on the Two Hearted River
Part of the Two Hearted River box. Months the fly finder calls for this pattern here, for brook trout, rainbow trout (resident).
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Pattern notes
Full hatch, egg, and forage links with sources.
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