354 ROD AND RIVER 



Body : Flat silver tinsel, ribbed with gold twist, 



and hackled throughout with a pale - blue 



hackle. 



Throat : A jay's blue feather. 

 Wings : Fibres of golden-pheasant tail, bustard, 



widgeon, golden-pheasant tippet -feathers, red 



swan, and a topping over all. 

 Horns : Blue and yellow macaw. 

 Head : Scarlet wool. 



I have referred to Mr. Kelson's patterns of 

 what he terms ' exaggerations.' The three fol- 

 lowing flies are his inventions : 



36. THE GITANA. 



Tag : Silver twist and blue floss-silk. 



Tail : A topping and a chatterer feather. 



Butt : Black ostrich. 



Body: In two divisions, the lower portion rather 

 shorter than the upper. The lower part of 

 flat silver tinsel, ribbed with oval ditto, and 

 over it (as in the Popham) two Indian crow's 

 feathers, back to back, at top and bottom, butted 

 with black ostrich herl. The upper part is of 

 black floss-silk, ribbed with oval gold tinsel and 

 flat silver ditto, and hackled from the first turn 

 of the tinsel with a natural black hackle. 



Throat : Green macaw, the feather taken from 

 under the wing or the tail of the bird. 



Wings : Two blue macaw feathers, taken from 



