Green Highlander

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