Recipe:
Hook: Partridge CS15 #2
Thread: White flat waxed nylon
Tag: Flat silver tinsel
Tail: White schlappen
Body: Flat silver tinsel
Throat: White schlappen
Wing: 2 white hackles flanked by red hackles flanked by blue hackles
Cheek: Jungle cock
Head: Three equal bands of red, white and blue in that sequence
**10/22/12** I received a nice note from Jorge the day after I posted this photograph. This was the first Green Highlander Jorge tied and He made some substitutions on the materials. I listed them below along with a few of his notes.
Hook: TMC 202 SP 1/0 ( I cut the eye and sharpened the tip)
Tag: Silver tinsel and yellow floss (Original pattern calls for silver tinsel only)
Tail. Golden pheasant crest veiled with barred wood duck flank.
Butt: Black ostrich herl.
Body:Yellow silk floss and green seal´s fur.
Ribs.Oval silver tinsel. (you can count seven in my fly when the correct is five)
Hackle: Green rooster hackle
Wings:Two golden pheasant neck feathers back to back. Married strands of mottled turkey wings,green,yellow and orange turkey tail and golden pheasant tail.Mallard flank over all.
Topping: Golden pheasant crest.
A link to some of Jorge’s flies for purchase: http://riversfly.com/shop/91-pesca-mosca-flyfishing-salmon-estilo-nordico
“Two years ago I started tying a sandeel with a large, bead size deerhair ball by the eye of the hook. Behind the ball I tied a typical sandeel pattern of some type and color combo with jungle cock eyes. It looked a bit screwy but worked. Like most flies I tie they evolve and change for better or worse each time I put a hook in the vise. The theme stays the same but the materials and variety of materials and proportions change.”
