Pete, I also tie mine with stiff moose quill tails- much more durable and floatable than pheasant crest. The kip wings take a lot of floatant and thus ride high and are very visable on rough western rivers & waters. This is what Lee Wulff had in mind.
DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Gramp To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 1:32 PM Subject: [VFB] Royal Coachman Dry Fly's Wings - what are they? So I have the day off and when I sat down at my vise to tie up 6 dozen Royal Coachmen dry flies in various sizes to restock my nearly empty flyboxes, I thought I knew the pattern by heart. Then I glanced over at the "Benchside Reference" and on the cover is what looks to be a royal coachman with calf tail wings... not with the duck quill slip wings that I originally thought. I tried looking up the pattern on google and in YouTube, but what I found was that about half of the recipes and/or pictures said upright quill wings, and the other half said calf tail upright. So I'm curious, what should the wings be for this pattern? I'm sure that either would work for catching trout, but I'm curious what the original pattern called for. (the calf tail wings remind me more of a Wulff than a Coachman, for what it is worth, but what do I know) For such a famous pattern, you would think that the recipe would be the same from one website source to another, but that's not what I found. Any help would be great! -Pete -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
