| Royal Wulff | |
|---|---|
| Artificial fly | |
 Royal Wulff | |
| Type | Dry Fly |
| Imitates | Attractor |
| History | |
| Creator | L.Q. Quackenbush, Lee Wulff |
| Created | 1929–30 |
| Materials | |
| Typical sizes | 8–16 |
| Typical hooks | Dry fly hook |
| Thread | Black |
| Tail | Brown or white bucktail |
| Body | Peacock herl separated with red floss |
| Wing | White calf hair or bucktail |
| Hackle | Brown |
| Reference(s) | |
| Pattern references | David Klausmeyer (2013), 101 Favorite Dry Flies: History, Tying Tips, and Fishing Strategies[1] |
The Royal Wulff is a popular artificial fly used for dry fly fishing. It is an attractor pattern and a descendant of both the Royal Coachman fly and the Wulff style of hair wing flies named for Lee Wulff.[2]
- ^ Klausmeyer, David (2013). 101 Favorite Dry Flies: History, Tying Tips, and Fishing Strategies. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. p. 79. ISBN 9781620875612.
- ^ Bates, Joseph D. Jr. (1970). Atlantic Salmon Flies and Fishing. Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books. p. 266. ISBN 0-8117-0180-8.