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A Catalog of Spey and Dee Flies
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The Grand Orange
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The Grand Orange
R. J. Brown
Hook: Partridge Bartleet Supreme CS10/2 #1/0.
Tip: fine gold round tinsel, 5 turns, at the barb.
Tag: claret uni-floss, from the barb to the point.
Joint: peacock herl.
Rib: fine gold round tinsel, wound close, so the spacing is the same as the hook diameter.
Body: rear 3/4 emerald uni-floss, front 1/4 peacock herl.
Hackle: hot orange coque, over the front 1/4 only.
Collar: yellow dyed mallard flank.
Wing: purple dyed bronze mallard, tented, vertical style.
Head: orange.
Note: Named after the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland, which incorporated the Royal Arch Purple Chapter of Ireland into itself. These lodges were active in Scotland and Ireland at the same time that the Scottish Spey flies were competing with the new gaudy Irish flies.

Fly tied and photographed by R. J. Brown.

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