Ahrex - Green Highlander - tied by Casper Hansen

One of the most famous creators of classic salmon flies was Dr. T. E. Pryce-Tannat, who in his book “How To Dress Salmon Flies” from 1914 presented a fly he called The Green Highlander - that fly has become one of the most well known patterns in the world of salmon flies. This pattern comes in many varieties, more or less complicated - but common to all is the grass-green body of either wool, floss silk or dubbing and the warm-yellow front hackle. This fly has kept its popularity through time, and in clear water it is still a very popular pattern. In this video we have had the skilled flytyer and salmon fisher Casper Hansen to tie his modern version of the old time classic... with a twist.
The Green Highlander
Thread: White or yellow Veevus 10/0
Tube: 1,8 mm clear plastic and 10 mm brass tube.
Body: Gold Veevus Flatbraid, Gaudy Green and Greenlander Green SSS Dub
Hackle: Green highlander green and yellow softneck
Underwing: Orange and yellow polarbear
Overwing: Green highlander green soft hair and thin brown soft hair
Cheeks: Jungle cock
Head: Black thread
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[@Irishsalmonflies]

Beautifully tied 👏

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Awesome fly. Well done!

[@est9662]

nice tie!

[@BrankoFlyFish]

Do you need to put a hook guard or the hook is free swing ?

[@ahrexhooks3652]

Not necessarily when it comes to fishing the tube with a loose hook, but it protects the knot against the tube which can destroy the knot.

[@hreinnwaiter]

More salmon tupe 👍💪😎🤜

[@toncremers9776]

This is really a awesome tube fly....i have a question about the inner tube.....is the inner tube 20 mm?. Takns for your your answer.

[@casperhansen3346]

The inner tube is 1,8 mm.

[@toncremers9776]

@@casperhansen3346 Thanks for your answer. My question is not good formulated. Sorry. My question is. Is the length of the inner tube 20 mm. So i get a better feeling to use the materials and i can practice to get a nice tube fly.

[@casperhansen3346]

The length of the inner tube depends on the length of the brass tube. But normally the inner tube is about 5 mm longer than the brass tube.
Hope that makes sense😀

[@casperhansen3346]

Here the brass tube is 10 mm - so the inner tube is maybe 15 mm.

[@toncremers9776]

@@casperhansen3346 Thank you, thank you very much. This helps me a lot.. I wish you good luck and I hope we can see some nice tube fly movies. I love this fly tying style with the inner tube