Green Highlander

Salmon/ Steelhead Fly

Tied By Brent Jones

Hook: Daiichi salmon Spey 2051 size 1.5

Thread: Veevus 30 denier GSP

Bead:

Materials-

tip: Uni-French Xtra Small Silver Oval Timsel

tag: Uni-Floss Br. Yellow

tail: 2 Golden Pheasant Crests

Tail Toping: Teal

butt: Black Ostrich

rib: Large Silver Twist

body: 1/3 Uni Floss Br. Yellow &fFront 2/3 Wapsi Angora Goat Green AG072

body hackle: Whiting White Woolly Bugger Hackle Dyed Green

collar: Ewing Saddle Hackle Yellow

wing: Turkey Tail, Turkey Dyed Green, Turkey Tail, Golden Pheasant Tail

cheeks: Teal Under A Slip Of Barred Wood Duck

overwing: Bronze Mallard

eyes: Jungle Cock Dyed Tri-Color Yellow, Orange & Scarlet

topping: Golden Pheasant Crest

head: 14/0 Griffin Sheer Thread and Solarez Thin

Notes:

The body hackle dye color is RIT formula called Holy Jolly (2 cups water,  1 1/2 teaspoons aquamarine , 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon, 1/8 teaspoon teal

Jungle Cock Eyes were dyed in RIT lemon yellow, the scarlet was added to make an orange for just the eye and then the tip of the eye was dyed in scarlet 

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