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Conaghans Distribution
Royal Coachman Wet Fly
$1500
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Royal Coachman Wet Fly
The Royal Coachman is an American pattern that is the gaudy cousin of the
British Coachman. When the Coachman wet fly crossed the Atlantic Theodore Gordon
adapted it to a dry fly. In 1876 John Hailey, a professional fly-dresser living
in New York, added the red silk band to create the distinctive feature of all
Royal patterns. He had been asked to tie some extra strong Coachmen Dry flies.
He tied a band of red silk in the middle to prevent the peacock bodies from
fraying out. He had also added a tail of barred wood duck feathers.
His dry fly has spawned a whole range of variants including streamers and
hair wings. Mr. L.C.Orvis gave it it's named whilst discussing with others what
it should be called. He said “Oh, that is easy enough: call it the Royal
Coachman. It is so finely dressed”. Although the wings may vary, all have the
same red central body section, butted either end with peacock herl. It often
works when nothing else will.
The Royal coachman is an excellent general-purpose up-winged dry fly that can
be used to represent many other large winged insects as well as mayflies. It is
an ideal wasp, hornet, or bee pattern. Treat with floating and fish it on the
surface. Try the occasional retrieve over the surface for a short distance or
else twitch it to represent a struggling terrestrial insect like a wasp or bee
trapped in the surface film.
All flies are tied to our own patterns and to strictest quality
control and are supplied in packs of 12
Specifics:
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Applications: Flyfishing
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Fly size: 10-16
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Pack Size: 12
