2o8 ' SALMON AND TROUT. 



THE 'DURHAM RANGER.' 



Tag: Silver twist and light yellow silk. 



Tail: A topping and Indian crow. 



Butt : Black herl. 



Body : Two turns of orange silk, two turns dark orange seal's fur ; the 

 rest, which is about half, black seal's fur. 



Ribbed : Silver lace and silver tinsel. 



Hackle: From orange seal's fur, a white coch-y-bonddu dyed orange. 



Throat : Light blue hackle. 



Wings : Four golden pheasant tippets overlapping, as illustrated, and 

 enveloping two projecting jungle fowl back to back ; and a toppir j. 



Cheeks: Chatterer. 



Horns : Blue macaw. 



Head: Black Berlin wool. 



The Durham Ranger owes its origin to James Wright, the famous 

 fly dresser of Sprowston, near Kelso ; and its name to the circumstance 

 of its being first successfully tried, some forty years ago, on the Sprows- 

 ton water by a party of gentlemen from Durham, to whom it was let at 

 the time. 



This was the christening of the Durham Ranger, one of the very best 

 of bright flies, and one that in open pools and bright weather, no matter 

 what the river, rarely fails if not mounted too large. Indeed, as a rule in 

 regard to flies generally, I have often noticed that failure, particularly with 

 gaudy patterns, is due to the fly being disproportionately large or small. 



