Royal Governor
Classic Wet Fly
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: #8 sproat
Thread: brown
Materials- 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
Notes:
from the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury