Fran Betters' Adirondack attractor is one of the great regional dry flies. The rusty/orange body and stark white wings are visible in any water, and the wide-hackle float makes it bulletproof in the pocket water of the Ausable River.
1. Thread base — Attach orange thread behind the eye and build a base to the bend.
2. Wings — At the 2/3 point, tie in a substantial bunch of white calf tail upright and divide into two equal wings with figure-eight wraps. Wings should stand hook-gap height.
3. Tail — Tie in a small bunch of moose body hair fibers at the bend, one hook-gap in length.
4. Body — Dub a full, slightly rough rust-colored body from the bend to just behind the wings.
5. Hackle — Tie in one brown and one grizzly hackle behind the wings. Wind both interleaved through the thorax area. Tie off and trim.
6. Head — Build a small, neat head. Whip finish and apply head cement.
