Royal Coachman Softhackle

[ScottP]

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 black
tail - pheasant tail
body - peacock herl/UniStretch Chinese Red center band
1st shoulder - coachman brown
2nd shoulder - hen white

Regards,
Scott

[stcroixguy]

Scott,
I see a serious problem with this fly.

The problem is: there ISN’T a dozen of them in my fly box.

Nice, really nice.

SCG

[ScottP]

SCG,

Thanks.

Scott

[ScottP]

Royal Coachman Softhackle II







hook - WFC Model 6 #8
thread - Uni 8/0 black
tag - tinsel gold
tail - pheasant tail
body - peacock herl/UniStretch Chinese Red center band
1st shoulder - chukar
2nd shoulder - pheasant body feather

Regards,
Scott

[Cliff955]

Very nicely done Scott. Do you wrap the red over your peacock here or do you cut and retie the herl? I've tried both ways and find cut and really don't know which I prefer. Your red section is very smooth, unlike mine.

Cliff

[ScottP]

Cliff,

Thanks. I don’t cut the herl, just let it hang and wrap the UniStretch over it to create the center band, then continue with the peacock.

Regards,
Scott