GS. A.P.Gordon-Cumming Tag: Silver twist, red silk. Tail: Two toppings. Butt: Black herl. Body: Yellow silk Ribbs: Silver lace and oval silver. Hackle: A light blue hackle from second turn. Throat: Jay. Wing: One tipped backed with red breast feather from Gold pheasent, veiled with Teal, light mottled Turkey, Mallard and two toppings. Sides:Swan dyed yellow, red and blue. Horns: Blue and yellow Macaw.

Thomas Tod Stoddart took a fishing trip to the North of Scotland Caithness area, and wound up on the Thurso river and apparently met Gordon Cummings. He describes a group of flies with mixed winging materials, fretted (embossed) and flat tinsel ribs, and various wools and silk bodies , including pig's wool. This writing took place in 1851 which makes sense as the decade before was the take off point for the truly gaudy flies. It seems likely that the Gordon Cumming pre-dates 1851 in this case. There is a Gordon Cumming in Kelson's The Salmon Fly 1895 with full feather wings of orange tippets with the toppings over all. Don't confuse either with a much earlier fly call the "Gordon".