flytire 0 Report post Posted April 6, 2012 The Royal Cubbage is named after Tom Cubbage of Texas, who found the Colorado King dressing out floated the Royal Wulff but the Browns liked the coloration of the Royal Wulff..hence the pattern HOOK: dry fly style 6-12 THREAD: Black TAILS: 2 peccary fibers or moose body hair tied in long a widespread at each side BODY: Royal Coachman style but with a twist. The rear peacock herl is tied in at the rear BEFORE the tails. Then the tails are tied in on each side. Red floss is then tied in and wrapped to the wing position HACKLE: Brown tied palmer over the red floss only. There should br 6-7 turns of hackle to give the fly good floating qualities WING: White calf tail tied over the body and extending to about the middle of the tail HEAD: peacock herl Reference: Popular Fly Patterns by Terry Hellekson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
creekhound 0 Report post Posted April 6, 2012 Great looking fly flytire, I have really good luck with the Royal Wulff's here in the east on brookies. This looks a little bit easier to tie have to give it a try. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lykos33 0 Report post Posted April 6, 2012 Again, a nicely tied fly flytire, I think I like this even more than the one with the red fibers tail and no hackle palmered. A little more involved tie, but looks to be worth the extra effort! Murray Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
