326 ROD AND RIVER 



2. THE BARON. 



Tag : Silver twist, and dark-red-claret silk. 



Tail : A topping. 



Butt : Black ostrich. 



Body : Divided into two equal portions, the 

 lower : Flat silver tinsel, ribbed with oval 

 silver tinsel, butt black ostrich, and two Indian 

 crow's feathers reaching to the lower tail butt, 

 one placed above and the other below. The 

 upper half composed of black floss-silk, ribbed 

 with silver twist, hackled with a dark-red claret 

 hackle. 



Throat : A jay's blue feather. 



Wings : Strands of golden - pheasant tippet- 

 feathers, yellow swan, summer duck (barred), 

 blue and red macaw, golden - pheasant tail, 

 peacock wing, mallard, and a topping. 



Sides : Jungle-cock (two spots). 



Cheeks : Chatterer. 



Horns : Blue macaw. 



Head : Black ostrich or black wool. 



The Baron is an excellent fly ; it is somewhat 

 similar to the Jock Scott, save that the lower 

 part of the body is silver instead of yellow, and 

 Indian crow's feathers are used in place of yellow 

 toucan. It is a capital fly for a nondescript kind 

 of day, and therefore most useful. 



