When I was doing the research for the Hardy-Marston "Blagdon" Rod I came across an excellent book by Geoffrey Bucknall charting the story of Marston's "Fishing Gazette". It was while reading this book that something caught my eye, but I didn't note it at the time, something about James Ogden's "Invicta". It's been nagging at me ever since, so I finally found the quote. It has been a long held belief that the "Invicta" was invented by James Ogden and included in his 1879 book, "Ogden on Fly Tying". However, the Fishing Gazette describes the fly as being "new" in 1902. A further careful reading of Ogden's book revealed no mention of the "Invicta" and in fact the fly was devised and brought to market by his nephew, also James Ogden who had inherited his Uncle's shop in Cheltenham. You can read more on the Ogden's Legacy page linked in the previous post.
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