FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Royal Governor
Tied by Christian Andrews
Royal Governor recipe
| Hook | #8 sproat |
|---|---|
| Thread | brown |
| Tag | flat gold tinsel |
| Tail | rusty dunn hackle barbs |
| Butt | Peacock herl |
| Body | green silk (optional red silk used in the western US) |
| Thorax | Peacock herl |
| Hackle | webby rusty dunn rooster |
| Wings | wild turkey tail slips |
About this fly
from the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury
What the Royal Governor imitates
- Fancy / attractor (imitates nothing specific)
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate Q, No. 146. 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.
