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personal experience of it. The dressing given is 

 Mr. Kelson's, but whether he has altered the 

 original pattern, which was invented by the well- 

 known fly-tyer, James Wright, I am unable to 

 say. Mr. Kelson states that by making a slight 

 change in the dressing it can be used as an 

 4 exaggeration ' for low, clear water. 



Tag : Silver twist and light-blue silk. 



Tail : A topping and strands of golden-pheasant 

 tippet-feather. 



Butt : Black ostrich. 



Body : Two turns of orange floss-silk, and above 

 this orange seal's fur, hackled with an orange 

 hackle, and ribbed with flat silver tinsel, and 

 fine silver twist placed beside it. 



Throat : A light-blue hackle. 



Wings : Two long jungle-cock spotted feathers 

 placed back to back, reaching to the tail, and 

 enveloped by four double golden - pheasant 

 tippet-feathers, arranged so as to overlie each 

 other and show the three black bars at their 

 ends at equal distances apart. 



Sides : Jungle-cock spotted feathers (two spots). 



Horns : Blue macaw. 



Head : Black wool. 



34. THE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. 



This is an excellent all-round fly, and is espe- 

 cially useful for autumn and low water. Its 



