The Royal Flymph – Attractor Fly with a Royal Bloodline

Some flies match the hatch.
Some flies make the hatch irrelevant.

The Royal Flymph sits firmly in the second camp — a soft hackle variation born from the legendary Royal family of flies, but with just enough grit and attitude to stand on its own.

Let’s talk lineage for a second.

The Royal Coachman is a classic — dating back to the mid-1800s. It was one of the first flies to really embrace flash in a trout fly, mixing bright red floss and peacock herl with white wings. Later, Lee Wulff took that formula and adapted it into the famous Royal Wulff — a bushier dry fly with elk hair wings that could ride high in rough water and get noticed in a crowd.

So where does the Royal Flymph come in?

Let’s call it the twice-removed cousin of the family.
You won’t see it in the family portraits… but it shows up unannounced, drinks all the beer, and walks off with a cooler full of trout.

This pattern was something I came up with on my own — I hadn’t seen it tied before. I just wanted a soft hackle attractor that carried that same red-and-peacock punch… but with movement, bugginess, and that subtle life in the water that only soft hackles deliver.

🟣 Peacock herl body
🔴 Red floss band
🪶 Soft hen hackle collar

Fish it like a wet. Swing it. Drift it. Let it rise. It gets attention — and it gets eaten.

This isn’t a hatch matcher. It’s an attention grabber. A fly for stained water, high sun, or trout that just want something bold.

And best of all? It ties fast, fishes hard, and bridges the gap between the old school and the new school.

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🔗 Watch the Video:

Royal Flymph – A Classic Fly Reimagined (Still Deadly)
📺 https://youtu.be/Ama_fdHLpp0

Long live the Royal Flymph.
Flashy. Soft. Deadly.
– Johnny Utah

💬 Got a Take?

Ever tied your own version of a Royal pattern?
What’s your twist — or do you keep it classic?
Drop your royal riffs in the comments — let’s talk fly family trees.