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| Name | Botham's Fancy |
| Category | Atlantic Salmon |
| Hook | Size 8 and 10, Salmon Hook |
| Thread | Primrose |
| Tag | Fine Oval Silver Tinsel |
| Ribbing | Oval Silver Tinsel |
| Body | DFM Green Floss |
| Throat | A Bunch of Cambridge Blue Hackle Fibers |
| Wing | Black Squirrel |
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Note: This pattern came from the fine book by Peter O'Reilly, Trout & Salmon Flies of Ireland. He writes that he tied this fly for a visit by Ian Botham, the English Cricket player to Ballynahinch in 1987. The fly was so much a success, everyone in the hotel wanted one as well.
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