Wemoc Adams

Mike Valla's books are fabulous, especially about everything about the Catskill style tying. I think I got all of his books.

He also came up with this fly called the Wemoc Adams.

Mike tells about this fly:

"There are probably only 3  flies I've ever attached a name to myself. But this is one of them, and is one of my favorites--The Wemoc Adams. It was first fished around Buck Eddy, on the Willowemoc, one morning--having tied it the evening before--just tooling around.

Presented in print, only as an image, it didn't get  much info attached to it there. Guys have since asked me about the fly, and one chap in Oregon reported great success with it on his home waters. I guess he really likes it.

It is, of course, just a slight variation of the regular old Adams.  From time to time guys were using Cree as what Eric Leiser once called "Instant Adams" hackle--since it could in some ways substitute for mixing Brown and Grizzly hackle (albeit slightly lighter in shade). But since a Cree was involved, in my mind (as still a younger lad--in around late 70'--and with a decade of tying experience under my belt--I thought that's what tiers have to do--name a fly here and there, and from time to time). But in that regard I never wanted to make claim to some sort of brand new fly, or concept. And I don't now. But when one is younger, that sort of thing runs through the mind.

The pattern is tied with grey dun underfur of Red Fox, and ribbed with wire. Introducing wire kept my regular Adams' from fraying apart--at least that was my thought. And using Cree sure made it an easy tie.  In that it did not call for dubbing of Muskrat, (or Mole fur as per Elsie Darbee)--but rather Fox. And that this pattern called for Cree, and gold wire ribbing---I gave it a new name--but connected it with the Adams.  So, there you have it..."