FLY
Dry Fly
Royal coachman
Tied by Blake Glover
Royal coachman recipe
| Hook | Daiichi dry fly 1182 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Veevus 30d black |
| Tail | Golden tippet |
| Body | Peacock herl and red floss |
| Post | Hareline dubbing Para post (white) |
| Hackle | Brown dry fly hackle |
What the Royal coachman imitates
- Fancy / attractor (imitates nothing specific)
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate E, No. 40. The photo above is a later tie, not the original.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
