Grn Hlander Shrimp - J.C.

Scotland has been the birthplace of many, many great patterns over the past 200 years or so. The Green Highlander, which began life as a fully dressed classic Atlantic Salmon Fly is now probably one of the best known Salmon flies in the world. Its appeal stretches as far as Russia and Scandinavia to the west coast of the U.S.A., and all points in between. It is exceedingly good in clear water, giving the best of its splendid colouring in these conditions. This shrimp version of the pattern was designed to cope with the "slow-flow" conditions of many of Irelands larger river systems, where it has coped admirably well with its task.