The Green Highlander The Green Highlander was invented in the later part of the 19th century By Major Grant of Wester Elchies on the River Spey, it ended up being more renowned on the Rivers of the north of Scotland than on Speyside The forerunner of the Green Highlander was the Highlander, which is mentioned in Francis Francis book on Angling 1867 where it says "The Highlander is a fly which fished well on hair wing green highlander the Carron and Rivers of Ross-Shire". Green never became a favourite colour for Salmon Flies and never became that popular, although they did become popular in Norway and were fished extensively all over Norway with great success and still are to-day, in fact twice in recent years I have tied them up for Anglers going to Norway Highlander A few seasons ago I tied a batch of Green Highlander tube flies, they did quite well , but again the colour put some people off before they tried them . On a bright day in the water they are a very attractive fly as can be seen in the photo.Part of the reason for their success is believed to be the colour the Rivers take on during snow melt the green highlander water takes on a blue'y green tinge, personally I think they are a beautiful fully dressed fly and most attractive under glass. For fishing all I can say to my mind they seem more pleasing to the eye on bright days.