FLY
Classic Salmon Fly
Green Highlander
Tied by Rich LaMonte
Green Highlander recipe
| Hook | Yasuhiro Osagawara gold plated Harrison Bartleet |
|---|---|
| Thread | Veevus 12/0 white |
| Tip | Small oval tinsel (veevus) |
| Tail | Golden pheasant creat veiled by barred wood duck |
| Butt | Black Ostrich herl |
| Rib | Flat silver tinsel, self made Xtra large silver twist |
| Body | One turn yellow silk floss (kyoto), the rest of rhe body, highlander green seals fur |
| Body Hackle | Highlander green saddle hackle (feathersmc) |
| Throat | Yellow saddle hackle (feathersmc) |
| Underwing | Golden pheasant tippets |
| Wings | Alternating strips of kori bustard, yellow green and dyed turkey tail and on top a thick layer of amgold tail |
| Sides | Barred wood duck and teal flank and jungle cock |
| Overwing | Also called the roof (bronze mallard) |
| Topping | Golden pheasant crest |
| Cheeks | Imitation Indian crow (David Kerr) |
| Horns | Blue and gold macaw |
| Head | Black |
About this fly
A creative/ artistic version of a true popular classic found in TE Peyce-Tannets book; How To Dress Salmon Flies.
What the Green Highlander imitates
- Salmon / steelhead classic wet (floss, tinsel, hackle)
Tied for: Salmon (general)
Where the Green Highlander came from
- Described by Francis Francis, River Carron / Ross-shire. Describes it as 'the Highlander' (no 'Green'), saying it is the best fly for the Carron and Ross-shire rivers; dressing from Snowie of Inverness.Source: Francis Francis, A Book on Angling (1867; later ed., archive.org bookonanglingbei00franiala), p.268
- Originated by Grant, Scottish Highlands. Kelson's heading attributes the Green Highlander to Grant; no further detail on who Grant was. / Notes first mention in Francis as 'Highlander'; Kelson later credits a Mr. Grant; colours yellow and green kept through to modern versions.Source: Green Highlander "Fly of the Week #62" - FAOL | Kelson, The Salmon Fly (1895), pp.160-161
Where sources tell it differently, each account is listed with its own source.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
