Fly Tying the Usual (Fran Betters Dry Fly Pattern)

One of Fran Betters' more famous flies, the Usual is similar to his Haystack but uses snowshoe hare's feet in place of deer hair. This fuzzy very buoyant fly has been a staple of Adirondack fly fishermen since the 1960s. Hook: #12-22 dry fly Thread: Fluorescent red or orange Tail: Snowshoe hare's feet Body: Snowshoe hare's feet Wing: Snowshoe hare's feet If you would like to support Savage Flies' mission of giving back to the fly tying community, and you shop at Amazon, please consider using the following Amazon storefront for any purchases. (The channel makes a small percentage of sales when purchased through these links.) https://www.amazon.com/shop/savageflies *** Some of the other popular books used on this channel: *** Dave Hughes, "Essential Trout Flies," 2017, https://amzn.to/3lbCZYX Dave Hughes, "Wet Flies," 2015, https://amzn.to/33ac3lQ John Shewey, "Classic Steelhead Flies," 2015, https://amzn.to/2RywHcP David Klausmeyer's "Favorite Flies," 2020, https://amzn.to/3oeSNMa Morgan Lyle's "Simple Flies," 2015, https://amzn.to/3qB1zW1 Fly Pattern Encyclopedia: https://amzn.to/34U0rUe Mike Valla's "Tying the Founding Flies," 2015, https://amzn.to/354oSir Mike Valla's "Classic Streamer Fly Box," 2020, https://amzn.to/3n3Vakf Randle Scott Stetzer's "Flies, the Best One Thousand," 1992, https://amzn.to/34Q15mp Terry Hellekson's "Popular Fly Patterns," 1976, https://amzn.to/2L4IyvS Dick Stewart's, "Flies for Bass and Panfish," 1992, https://amzn.to/3aGpFs1 Fly Pattern Encyclopedia: https://amzn.to/34U0rUe Savage Flies is a project with the mission of encouraging and teaching fly tying to as many people as possible. The channel is named after one of my western Maryland homewaters, the Savage River. I've been uploading three new tying videos a week, with the occasional extra video on other days. Thanks for stopping by. Please let me know in the comments if you have any tying tips you would like to share or if you have any patterns you would like to see tied here.