Hi

I though that I put a step by step guide how to tie very good Scandinavian style version/variant of the famours Green Highlander. This is very simplified pattern by me and it is quite easy to tie. I managed to land 11kg Salmon and several others from 2kg to 4kg with this fly in season 2010. No need to mention it has become my favourite fly in my fly box

Also I would like to show you how to use Pro Tube Fly Systems products and how to use A.Jensens Crossbreed fox which is quite nice material. The crossbreed fox is very soft hair and it is undulating nicely when in water. Hair quality is very good and it is curly almost on whole length of the hair. You can tie very airy wings with it and you dont need to use lots of material on the wing to get perfect figure and shape for the fly. My personal preference is "less is more" when tying a wing on these Scandinavian style tube flies. Then the wing is more lively and airy when in water. If the wing is too thick is not undulating and is not lively in the water.

Recipe/pattern:

Tube: Pro Tube Fly System X-Large clear tube
Tag: Flat silver
Butt: Black UNI silk floss
Tail: Golden Pheasant crest feather
Rear body: Yellow UNI silk floss
Front body: Electric Green A.Jensen Ice dubbing
Wire: Golden UNI tinsel
Wing:Yellow, Red, Blue Crossbreed Fox from A.Jensen
Wing flash: A.Jensen Angel Flash in Baitfish back color
Top Wing: Green Arctic Fox
Hackle: Yellow cock hackle
Conehead: Pro Tube Fly System small silver cone


Materials:


Step 1:
I have used Pro Tube Flexi needle to fix the tube. It is perfect for Pro Tubes. Leave a bit of the tube clear for the hook insert. Fix the flat tinsel, black silk floss butt. You can choose how big tag and butt you want to tie.


Step 2:
Fix the Golden Pheasant crest for the tail.


Step 3:
Fix the yellow UNI silk floss, golden tinsel wire, and tie the rear body with the silk floss. Dub the Electric green ice dubbing and bring the golden wire to the front. Note! No body hackle or anything....


Step 4:
Tie yellow cock hackle in place.


Step 5:
Tie yellow crossbreed fox and red crossbreed fox. Both colors should have same amount of hair. The wing lenght is approximately the fly body length or maybe a bit longer.


Step 6:
Tie little bit of blue crossbreed fox and leave it a bit shorter than first two colors. This helps the wing to be more lively and airy. This way the wing is not just a thick bunch of hair on the tube. Also tie few Angel Flash hairs in place.


Step 7:
Tie second yellow cock hackle in place. This helps the wing to have more airy texture.


Step 8:
Tie the arctic fox. Wing length should be approx 1.5 X the underwing length. You need to use your thumb to spread the wing on the tube. The green hair should be like an umbrella on top of the underwing.


Step 9:
Lastly tie third yellow cock hackle.


Step 10:
Put the Pro Tube silver cone in place. Note! No Jungle Cock eye feathers. This works just fine without them.


step 11:
Burn the tube tip with a lighter a bit to fix the cone.


Step 12:
Fly is finished and ready to catch monster salmons



I hope you find this Green Highlander version interesting. You can find all of these materials in my shop.

Thanks for reading !

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thanks for the SBS, Nordicangler. Nice colourful fly.

Johan

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Johan Janssens

very nice fly

thats a very nice tube fly. Thanks for doing it for us.

andy