Wild Irishman 1/0
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GS.Daniel O'fee

Tag: Silver twist and light orange silk.
Tail: Gold phesant crest, tippet strands.
Body: Yellow,dark orangeand claret Seals fur in equal proportions
Ribbs: Fine oval silver and flat gold tinsel.
Hackle: A claret cock from claret fur.
Throat: Blue cock.
Wing: Gold pheseant tail and tippet strands,Pintail, Bustard, black Cocatoo tail, red Macaw and Mallard. A topping over it.
Cheeks: Chatterer.
Horns: Blue and yellow Macaw Macaw.
Head: Black wool.

Kelson attributed the Wild Irishman to Mr. Daniel O’Fee. The fly was bypassed in Kelson’s monumental work The Salmon Fly, and only appeared in the Land and Water magazine. Kelson’s caption in the magazine noted that while he himself had never used the fly, he trusts the word of Mr. W. Thomas, that the fly had in fact been quite productive in Ireland for many years. Kelson recommended that it be used use when the water clears after a flood. The Wild Irishman is one of the more obscure patterns, almost lost in the depths of history, only to be found presently in the Fly Fishers’ Classic Library The Land and Water Salmon Flies.