Parachute style dry flies are some of the most versatile patterns in a fly fishers arsenal. Tie them in a few colors and sizes and you are ready to match many a hatch.
Use a grey body, mixture of brown and grizzly hackle, and you have an Adams Parachute Fly.
Use an olive body, dun tail, and dun hackle, and you have an Blue Winged Olive Parachute fly.
Use a pale yellow body, dun tail, and dun hackle, and the result is a Pale Morning Dun Parachute Fly.
