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Another pattern not seen on the water a lot these days - The Royal Cubbage.
The recipe is from Helleckson's "Fish Flies-Vol. I"
I substituted moose mane for tails and Parapost for kip tail.
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It is!

Here is another style of fly that Helleckson highlighted, which you don't see much - the Waterwalker style. He attributes the design to Frank Johnston of Missoula, Montana although many,...

Amazing!!
The "Sureshot" is an obscure pattern. I have looked in many of my fly pattern books and not found other references. No luck on the web either (other than the previous citations I...

But the recipe I have been posting matches the pictures of the fly, right?


Make it a Royalshot

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/byhaugh/image_zps53f7532d.jpg

This is from pay 154 of "Fish Flies - Volume I" by Terry Helleckson.

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/byhaugh/20131017_144534_zps66c2aaa8.jpg


A pic of Terry's "Plate 2 in the same...

What is the recipe you have seen and where is it published?

The book is, I believe Terry Helleckson's first book, "Popular Fly Patterns". It is one of my favorite books on various fly patterns.

The first photo was at a bit of an angle. It is a drawing and doesn't depict the upright, divided wings too well.
Here is a better picture of the drawing and one of the color plates in the same...

Jesse,
Yes, it is a 14. Thanks.
The book implies that it is also tied much larger!

Came across this pattern this morning in an older book. It is called the "Sure Shot".
Tail: Calf Tail
Body: Peacock Herl
Ribbing: Yellow Silk
Hackle: Brown
Divided Wings: Calf Tail (I...