Parachute Adams

Note 1: 
The
tail on this fly is a variation of Al Beatty's wonder wing, without the
wing and tied with one
feather horizontal to the hook shank.  I take a few extra turns of
thread at the bend when dressing the hook. 
The feather is tied in at mid shank with three or four barbs from
either side of the stem pulled toward the butt of the feather. 
I hold the barbs on the near side of the hook, while wrapping toward
the rear. 
When the thread is pulled tight at the bend, the barbs naturally fan
out.

 Note
2: 
I begin dubbing at the eye after tying in the post, partially dubbing
the thorax and completing the abdomen, leaving the thread immediately
behind the
post. 

Note 3: 
I
tie the hackle to the shank, immediately in front of the post and
several thread turns up the post, leaving the hackle on the off side of
the hook and toward the rear.  The hackle is 6 counter-clockwise wraps
down the post (I try to leave enough bare stem so that the first wrap
has
no barbs), with the last turn completed at the back of the post and on
the near side of the hook. 
I tie the hackle off with three counter-clockwise thread wraps around
the post, pulling the hackle tight while pulling the first thread wrap
tight, followed by two or three
thread wraps around the shank.  Trim the hackle close, finish dubbing
the thorax and whip finish at the eye.