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Royal Coachman

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 3 versions

Classic Recipe

  • Hook Standard wet fly or dry, 10-16
  • Thread Black 8/0

Materials

  • Tail Golden pheasant tippet fibers (sparse)
  • Body Peacock herl and red floss (banded: herl-floss-herl)
  • Wing White duck quill (upright, divided)
  • Hackle Brown hackle (2-3 wraps)

How to tie it

  1. Mount hook, tie in tail
  2. Wrap rear peacock herl section
  3. Wrap red floss center band
  4. Wrap front peacock herl section
  5. Tie in white quill wings
  6. Wrap hackle collar
  7. Whip finish

Substitutions

  • Wing instead of White duck quill slips: White calf tail — Far more durable hair wing; White poly yarn — Synthetic, easy
  • Body instead of Peacock herl & red floss: Peacock Ice Dub + red floss — Tougher peacock sections
  • Tail instead of Golden pheasant tippets: Dyed hackle fibers — Fakes the barred tippet color

Other versions

2 more in the app: Gregg Dressing (1940), Beadhead.

Tying videos

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