A Sign and Some "Usual" Stuff

In my travels over the last week or so I have visited a few very interesting places. They are located in what many believe to be the birth place of fly fishing in America, and where the first dry fly was cast upon flowing waters. This is a sign showing the major hatches of a river system. It not only tells of the hatches, what times, etc. but has actual tied flies of each insect. I'm sorry the photo was not as good as it should have been. I'll tell more about this wonderful place in a future post.

Now on to some "Usual" stuff.

The Usual is one of Fran Betters classics. It's a fly that can be fished dry or as an emerger. It is tied with a few simple materials and is not difficult to tie. But the main selling point of this fly is that it's deadly.

The main ingredient of this fly is the snowshoe rabbit foot, Fran tied the entire fly just using this one
item. But a fly tyer named Matt Grobert over at "Caddis Chronicles" showed how he ties this fly using a couple different materials which produce an easier to tie fly and one thats just as deadly.

Matt uses a snowshoe rabbits foot for the wing, a few wood duck fibers for the tail, and a cream dubbing for the body. He chooses a tan thread, while I like orange.

This is my version of Matt Groberts version of Fran Betters "Usual".

These are some flies tied by Fran Betters. The "Usuals" are in the top right.