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Adams Wet Fly – Fly Recipe

Adams Wet Fly – Fly Tying Fly Recipe

Adams Wet Flyadams wet fly is a good wet fly for fly fishing a a great addition to your tackle box for regular fishing

The Adams wet fly will help increase your hook-ups on a given day of wet fly angling. It is a good all-round generic looks-like-a-bug wet fly.I find this a pretty easy fly pattern to tie. The adams wet fly is also a decent fly to fish. When doing regular fishing, I like to use it as a “follower” behind plugs or rapala lures.

The best hooks for this fly are:

Mustad # 3906 or # 94840
Sizes: 10 – 20

Fly Tying Recipe:

Thread: Black 6/0. Gray thread also works.

Tip: Gold tinsel, optional

Tail: Brown and grizzly hen fibers, mixed

Ribbing: None, though optionally, you could use fine gold wire.

Body: Dark gray muskrat or rabbit fur dubbed

Hackle: Brown and grizzly hen – one turn of each

Wing: Grizzly hackle tips, paired facing in, back-to-back as shown

If you like to tie flies like the adams wet fly look at our other pages of wet flies, dry flies, nymph flies and streamers for fly tying. These pages offer pictures of fly patterns and provide information regarding fly tying material and the fly recipe for tying on a fly with fly tying know how. These are great flies for fishing and should become part of your fly gear and added to your fly boxes.

 

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Black Ant Dry Fly – Fly Recipe

Black Ant Dry Fly – Fly Recipe

Black Ant Dry FlyThe black ant dry fly is a simple pattern to tie and works well for trout as well as panfish

The black ant pattern has been around for many years. Books I have read indicate the black ant goes back to the early 1800’s but I assume this fly dates back further.

The black ant is an easy fly to tie. There are literally dozens of patterns being tied. In a pinch I have used nothing but black thread and a sparse black hackle. The black ant works well when hatches are not occurring and the trout are active.

The best hooks for this fly are:

Mustad # 94840, # 94842 or # 94833
Sizes: 12-14-16-18-20

Fly Recipe:

Thread: Black

Abdomen: Black beaver dubbed

Thorax: Black beaver dubbed

Legs: Black hackle – tied in middle and sparingly

If you like to tie flies look at our other pages of wet flies, dry flies, nymph flies and streamers for fly tying. These pages offer pictures of fly patterns and provide information regarding fly tying material and the fly recipe for tying on a fly with fly tying know how. These are great flies for fishing and should become part of your fly gear and added to your fly boxes.

Ausable Wulff Dry Fly – Fly Recipe

Ausable Wulff Dry Fly – Fly Recipe

The Ausable Wulff was created by Fran Betters of Wilmington, N.Y. Ausable Wulff Dry Fly

The Ausable Wulff Dry Fly was developed by Fran Betters on the banks of the Ausable River in the Adirondacks. The Ausable wulff hair wing fly rides high and dry in rough water and is also excellent for aggressive small stream brook trout. I enjoy fishing the Ausable Wulff in the early summer on the trout streams near my house.

Thread: Hot orange 6/0

Tail: Woodchuck tail fibers or moose body hair

Body: Bleached Australian opossum or other tan fur.

Wing: White calf tail – upright and divided

 

If you like to tie flies look at our other pages of wet flies, dry flies, nymph flies and streamers for fly tying. These pages offer pictures of fly patterns and provide information regarding fly tying material and the fly recipe for tying on a fly with fly tying know how. These are great flies for fishing and should become part of our fly gear and added to your fly boxes.

Adams Dry Fly – Fly Recipe

Adams Dry Fly – Fly Recipe

Adams Dry FlyThe Adams is probably the most popular dry fly of all time.

 

The Adams dry fly is one of the most popular flies in the world. The adams dry fly was first tied for Mayfield Pond in Michigan. One summer day in 1922, Charles F. Adams, was fishing the pond when he saw an insect that interested him. When he returned to his hotel, he described it to local fly tier Leonard Halladay who tied what was to become the adams.

The adams is an all around versatile dry fly. It can be used as an imitation for most mayflies and even works well during caddis hatches. If you can tie wings then this adams dry fly pattern is a quick fly to tie. Every spring I make sure there are several in my fly box. My favorite adams dry fly sizes are sizes 12 and 14.

The best hooks for this fly are:

Mustad # 94840, # 94842 or # 94833
10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22

Fly Dressing:

Thread: Black 8/0

Tail: Brown and grizzly hackle fibers

Body: Muskrat or medium gray dubbing

Wing: Grizzly hackle tips-upright and divided

Hackle: Brown & grizzly hackles, mixed

If you like to tie flies look at our other pages of wet flies, dry flies, nymph flies and streamers for fly tying. These pages offer pictures of fly patterns and provide information regarding fly tying material and the fly recipe for tying on a fly with fly tying know how. These are great flies for fishing and should become part of your fly gear and added to your fly boxes.

Muddler Minnow Fly – Fly Recipe

Muddler Minnow Fly – Fly RecipeMuddler minnow is a great all around fly for every fly fishers fly box

Muddle Minnow

I first fished this fly on the Firehole in Yellowstone. It worked well on the trout that day. I have used it on both coasts. This is a fly that should be in everyone’s lineup. The muddler minnow was first tied by Don Gapen of Anoka, Minnesota in 1936, to imitate the sculpin. The muddler minnow can be fished on the surface as well as with weighted line down near the bottom. It is now a popular pattern world-wide and is just as good on salmon as trout.

The best hooks for this fly are:

Mustad # 9672, # 9671 or # 38941
Sizes: 2-4-6-8-10-12-14

Fly Dressing:

Thread: Black 6/0

Body: Gold tinsel – double wrapped

Tail: Mottled turkey quills

Wing: Gray squirrel tail with two mottled turkey wings tied in

Head: Deer hair tied and clipped tight. Leave some of the deer hair long to cape over the wing

If you like to tie flies look at our other pages of wet flies, dry flies, nymph flies and streamers for fly tying. These pages offer pictures of fly patterns and provide information regarding fly tying material and the fly recipe for tying on a fly with fly tying know how. These are great flies for fishing and should become part of your fly gear and added to your fly boxes.

Delaware Shooting Ranges & Gun Clubs

 

Information on Delaware shooting ranges, rifle ranges and private gun clubs in the state of Delaware along with the types of shooting that is possible – rifle, skeet, pistol. Where possible, web sites, maps and email addresses of the shooting ranges have been included

  • Bridgeville – Bridgeville Rifle & Pistol Club, Rifle Range Road, Bridgeville, DE 19933.
    Phone: 302-422-0233
    Facilities include: Outdoor Pistol (25-100 yds), Indoor Pistol (25 yds), Outdoor Rifle (100 to 600 yds), Indoor Rifle (50 yds), Muzzleloading, Archery
    Range Access: Private
    Click here for a map to the range
  • Bridgeville – Lower Shore Skeet Club, Rabbit Run Rd., Bridgeville, DE 19933.
    Phone: 302-337-7396
    Facilities include: Skeet
    Range Access: Private
    Email: lprgc@lprgc.com
    Click here for a map to the range
  • Dover – Shooter’s Choice, Inc., 5105 N. Dupont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901.
    Phone: 302-736-5166
    Facilities include: Indoor Pistol (50, 75 ft. ), Indoor Rifle (50, 75 ft)
    Range Access: Public
    Web Site: www. shootersline.com
    Click here for a map to the range
  • Dover – Shooter’s Choice, Inc., 5105 N. Dupont Hwy, Dover, DE 19901.
    Phone: 302-736-5166
    Facilities include: Indoor Pistol (25 yds), Indoor Rifle (25 yds)
    Range Access: Public
    Web Site: www.shootersline.com
    Email: shooter@magpage.com
    Click here for a map to the range
  • Dover AFB – Dover AFB Skeet & Sporting Clay’s Range, 436 SVS/SVRO 262 Chard St., Dover AFB, DE 19902.
    Phone: 302-677-3960
    Facilities include: Skeet, Sporting Clays
    Range Access: Public
    Click here for a map to the
    range
  • Elsmere – Delaware Rifle & Pistol Club, B & O Lane & Mathias Ave., Elsmere, DE 19805.
    Phone: 302-995-9956
    Facilities include: Indoor Pistol (50 ft), Pistol Silhouette, Archery
    Range Access: Private
    Click here for a map to the
    range
  • Georgetown – J.D. Defense, Us Rt. 9 3 1/2 M. west of US Rt. 113, Georgetown, DE 19947.
    Phone: (302) 856-6910
    Facilities include: Outdoor Pistol (30 yds.), Outdoor Rifle (130 yds.), Muzzleloading
    Range Access: Public
    Email: ltgpd@aol.com
    Click here for a map to the
    range
  • Gumboro – Sussex Sportsman’s Club, Inc., Corner of RDS 419 & 420, Gumboro, DE 19966.
    Phone: 302-537-2172
    Facilities include: Outdoor Pistol (40 yds), Outdoor Rifle (400 yds), Rifle Silhouette, Pistol Silhouette, Muzzleloading
    Range Access: Private
    Click here for a map to the
    range
  • Middletown – Brandywine 100 Rod & Gun Club, Thorntown Rd., Middletown, DE 19709.
    Phone:
    Facilities include: Outdoor Pistol (25, 50 YD/ combat), Outdoor Rifle (50 ,100,200 YD), Rifle Silhouette, Pistol Silhouette, Muzzleloading, Trap
    Range Access: Private
    Click here for a map to the
    range
  • New Castle – Delaware State Pistol Club, Inc., 624 Moores Lane, New Castle , DE 19720.
    Phone: 302-328-6836
    Facilities include: Outdoor Pistol (50 yds ), Indoor Pistol (25 yds, 50 ft), Pistol Silhouette, Airgun
    Hours of Operation: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    Range Access: Private
    Web Site: www.delawarepistol.com
    Click here for a map to the
    range
  • New Castle – Ommelanden Hunter Education Training Center, 1205 River Road, New Castle, DE 19720.
    Phone: 302-323-5333
    Facilities include: Outdoor Pistol (25 yds), Outdoor Rifle (50 yds), Muzzleloading, Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays, Archery, Airgun
    Range Access: Public
    Click here for a map to the
    range
  • Seaford – Nanticoke Sportsmen Club, Inc., Concord Bethel Rd., Seaford, DE 19973.
    Phone: 302-629-4125
    Facilities include: Outdoor Pistol (0-50 yds), Indoor Pistol (25 yds), Outdoor Rifle (50-200 yds), Indoor Rifle (50 ft), Muzzleloading, Trap, Archery
    Range Access: Private
    Click here for a map to the
    range

Information on shooting clubs and rifle ranges in the state of Delaware along with the types of shooting that is possible – rifle, skeet, pistol. Where possible, web sites, maps and email addresses of the shooting ranges have been included

If there are other rifle ranges that have not been included please email us at: Contact TC