"Green Highlander" by Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin

Author Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin
Book How to Dress Salmon Flies
Book Edition N/A
Page 217

Material

  • Hook: 1 1/4 to 2 inches
  • Tag: Silver tinsel
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping, barred Summer Duck
  • Butt: Black herl
  • Body: 1/4 golden yellow, 3/4 bright green floss
  • Rib: Oval silver
  • Hackle: Grass-green
  • Throat: Lemon
  • Wings: Mixed. Tippet in strands. Yellow, orange, and green Swan. Florican, Peacock wing and Golden Pheasant tail. Teal and barred Summer Duck
  • Roof: Brown Mallard
  • Sides: Jungle Cock
  • Cheeks: Indian Crow
  • Topping: Golden pheasant topping
  • Horns: Blue and Yellow Macaw

Cites list

This pattern contains cites material. The following list is a suggestion of substitutes you can use for this pattern.

Animal Substitutes
Florican
  • Feather => Peacock : Feather - Wing
Peacock
Jungle Cock
Macaw

Original material

As written in the book:

(hook,1 1/4 to 2 inches):
Tag: Silver tinsel.
Tail: A topping and barred Summer Duck in strands.
Butt: Black herl.
Body: First quarter, golden yellow floss; remainder, bright green floss.
Ribs: Oval silver tinsel.
Hackle: A grass-green hackle.
Throat: A lemon hackle.
Wings: Mixed tippet in strands; "married" strands of yellow, orange, and green Swan, Florican, Peacock wing and Golden Pheasant tail; "married" narrow strips of Teal and barred Summer Duck; narrow- strips of brown Mallard over.
Sides: Jungle Cock.
Cheeks: Indian Crow; a topping over all.
Horns: Blue and Yellow Macaw.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Silver      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Wood Duck
Latin: Aix sponsa
Feather - Flank Natural
Butt Ostrich
Latin: Struthio camelus
Herl Black      
Body Floss
1/4 body
Yellow - Golden      
Flash
3/4 body, bright green
Green      
Rib Tinsel - Oval Silver      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
Grass-green
Green      
Throat Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck Lemon      
Other Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Neck
In strands
Natural
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Yellow      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Orange      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Green      
Florican
Latin: Otididae
Cites
Feather Natural
Peacock
Latin: Pavo cristatus
Cites
Feather - Wing Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Tail Natural
Teal
Latin: Anas crecca
Feather - Flank Natural
Wood Duck
Latin: Aix sponsa
Feather - Flank Natural
Roof Mallard
Latin: Anas platyrhynchos
Feather - Shoulder Brown      
Sides Jungle Cock
Latin: Gallus sonneratii
Cites
Feather - Neck Natural
Other Indian Crow
Latin: Pyroderus scutatus
Feather Natural
Topping Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Horns Macaw
Latin: Tribe: Arini
Cites
Feather - Tail
Blue and yellow
Blue      

Materials in pattern

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Pattern pictures

By: Håvard Eide - https://flyfisher.org

Variant with green sealsfur in body