160 THE SALMON" FLY. 



GORDON GUMMING. G.S. 



(A. P. GORDON-GUMMING.) 



TAG. Silver twist and red silk. 



TAIL. Two toppings. 



BUTT. Black herl. 



BODY. Yellow silk. 



RIBS. Silver lace and silver tinsel (oval). 



HACKLE. A light blue hackle, from second turn. 



THROAT. Jay. 



WINGS. A tippet backed with red breast of Golden Pheasant, veiled with 



Teal, light mottled Turkey ; Mallard and two toppings. 

 SIDES. Swan dyed, yellow, red, and blue (married). 

 HORNS. Blue Macaw. 



Sir Alexander was one of the best if not the finest amateur dresser 

 in his day. He had, besides this one, several other patterns of his 

 own, all of which were in constant demand on the Findhorn five-and- 

 twenty years ago. One of them had a butt of red herl, a second one 

 in the centre of the body, and a third at the head ; but I am unable 

 to give the correct dressing of the fly. I have described the above from 

 a faded pattern which was given to me by the inventor himself ; and 

 in order to get at the true colours as near as one could, I pulled the 

 fly to pieces for the purpose. The inventor hardly ever used the standard 

 patterns without varying them more or less. " Jock Scott " for instance, 

 he made with a blue silk head section, instead of the usual black one ; 

 and perhaps this was the origin of the " blue- Jock- Scott." 



THE GREEN HIGHLANDER. G.S. 



(GRANT.) 



TAG. Silver twist and canary silk. 

 TAIL. A topping and Teal. 

 BUTT. Black herl. 



BODY. Two turns of yellow silk and green Seal's fur. 

 RIBS. Silver tinsel. 



