Mark wrote:snip
pattern for a parachute Adams.

I am attempting to tie then with a moose tail, muskrat dubbed body which only
extends
up to the wing post, poly-yarn wing post, and grizzly and brown parachute,
black
thread.

I have looked on-line for pointers to tying this pattern and they vary
considerably.
My pattern comes from the book I received anonymously several years ago which
is
authored by Dave Hughes.

Hughes doesn't dub past the wing post, though most of the on-line sites I
visited show
a dubbed head and they don't use moose hair for the tail?

My ties are getting to look much better, nonetheless. However, I don't have
the
proportions down pat yet.

I don't have good hackles to work with and can't really afford to purchase
what I need
presently. The necks, capes and saddles I have were my uncles and were
purchased some
time during the transition from feathered dinosaurs to birds.

The good news is that I have lots of these feathered pieces parts! The
really bad
news is that I don't know a rooster feather from a hen feather?

Mark
Why don't you get with Waldo? I suspect he carries the Whiting 100's which are
their saddle feathers in a quantity big enough to tie 100 flies. Then con him
into teaching you how he ties the pattern. I suspect that after you tie 100 of
them you will be catching a bunch of tout with them.

Big Dale