212 SALMON AND TROUT. 



'THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.' 



Tag: Gold twist and yellow silk. 



Tail: A topping. 



Butt : Black herl. 



Body : Black silk. 



Ribbed: Gold tinsel. 



Hackle: From first turn of tinsel, orange. 



Throat: Jay. 



Wings : Mallard, in strips with a topping. 



Sides: Jungle fowl. 



Horns : Blue macaw. 



Heail: Black herl. 



This — another creation of the redoubtable James Wright — is, in my 

 estimation, as a clear-water fly, the best that he has ever invented. It 

 is a well-recognised fact that salmon ' take ' better just as the water is 

 beginning to rise after rain, and in such conditions — without detracting in 

 any way from its merits under other circumstances — I know of no fly that 

 can be recommended in preference. It is not, however, a pattern that I 

 should select when a river is at all inclined to be muddy ; but in heavy 

 rains and boisterous weather it is the one of all others entitled to a patient 

 trial. In fact, to perpetrate a mild joke, ' Thunder and Lightning' is the 

 natural accompaniment of a storm. 



