Posted by Donald Wall on April 19, 1999 at 07:28:18:
The February 1999 issue of the English magazine "Trout Fisherman" (the issue currently available at Australian newsagents, April 1999) mentions with colour illustrations AR's invention of the salmon fly known as the "Elver Fly". It also shows a photograph of a Vulturine Guinea Fowl (Kenya) from which an essential feather is required for its construction. See magazine pages 9, 12, and 13. If it's o.o.s., any current copy of the magazine has an advert for back issues. Refer to "Arthur Ransome on Fishing" by Swift for the story. Donald Wall.