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. 
Hfackle: From first turn of tinsel, orange. 
Throat: Jay. 
Wings: Mallard, in strips with a topping. 
Sides : Jungle fowl. 
Horns: Blue macaw. 
Head: Black herl. s 
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. : 
