I've been looking forward to this post for some time now. However, a research proposal and statistics exam delayed it a bit. In the Butte, Montana Visitor Center, there is an awesome display of flies from the icons of Western US fly fishing. George Grant, Franz Pott, Don Martinez, Norman Means, and Bill Blackstone all have flies on display.
George Grant Flies:
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| George Grant soft hackle stonefly |
George Grant was a Butte area resident and his feather bodies wrapped with various materials are well known classic wet flies. The bodies were wrapped with different brands of monofiliment line and v-rib. The hackles are all woven.
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| Grant's Soft Hackle Stonefly |
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| Black Creeper with woven hair body |
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| The Banded Featherback Nymph |
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| A display of just the bodies |
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| Woven body flies |
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| The original Muddler Minnow with a woven body |
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| Woven body salmonflies |
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| Split wing salmonflies |
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| The Bloody Butcher streamer |
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| The Big Hole Demon |
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| Grant squirrel body and collar - white and red streamer |
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| Monofilament-bodied Hairtail Minnows |
God, those are sexy!
Fanz Pott Flies:
This guy was supposedly a wig maker which makes a lot of sense.
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| Pott Woven Body Soft Hackle |
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| The hairs Pott used |
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| Woven body hair fly patent |
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| Woven body wet ant flies |
This is the first installment of two for my trip to the Fly Fishing Museum Display at the visitor center in Butte, Montana.
Next time you drive through Montana on I-90 on your way to a fishing destination, stop in Butte, get some lunch, check out this amazing town with incredibly history. Then, go to the visitor center and check out this great display!
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