Charlie Craven - January 21, 2016

Fly Tying The Royal Wulff

Fly Tying The Royal Wulff

Royal Wulff Recipe:

Hook: TMC 100 #10-20

Thread: 8/0 Black

Wing: White Calf Body hair

Tail: Dark Moose hair

Rib: Fine Copper Wire

Body: Peacock herl and red floss

Hackle: Brown Rooster Hackle

Fly Tying The Royal Wulff Video:

Tying The Royal Wulff

Tying The Royal Wulff

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 1 of 17

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 1 of 17

Start the thread behind the eye and wrap back to the midpoint on the shank. Tie in a cleaned and stacked clump of calf hair so it is one shank length long at the seventy five percent point on the hook.

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 2 of 17

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 2 of 17

Trim the butt ends of the calf at an angle and wrap back over the butts to the bend.

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 3 of 17

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 3 of 17

Tie in a clump of stacked and cleaned moose hair at the bend so it is a shank length long. Wrap forward over the butt ends to the base of the wing butts.

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 4 of 17

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 4 of 17

Trim the butt ends of the tail so they mate up to the butts of the wing.

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 5 of 17

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 5 of 17

Wrap forward over the butt ends of the tail to smooth off the shank.

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 6 of 17

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 6 of 17

Lift the wing up and build a thread dam in front to prop it more upright.

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 7 of 17

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 7 of 17

Divide the wing clump in half and make several thread wraps to separate the wings.

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 17 of 17

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 17 of 17

Wrap the hackle forward forming a dense collar. Tie the hackles off at the eye and trim the excess. Whip finish and trim the thread.

Finished Royal Wulff

Finished Royal Wulff

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 8 of 17

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 8 of 17

Make several more turns of thread to divide the wings going in the opposite direction.

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 9 of 17

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 9 of 17

Post the base of each wing with several turns to group the wings into a bunch.

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 10 of 17

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 10 of 17

Bring the thread back to the bend and tie in several strands of fine peacock herl. Tie in a strand of fine copper wire at the bend as well.

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 11 of 17

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 11 of 17

Wrap the peacock herl forward to just short o fthe hook point and tie it off. Clip the excess.

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 12 of 17

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 12 of 17

Move the thread forward and tie in a strand of red floss.

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 13 of 17

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 13 of 17

Wrap the floss back to the first bunch of peacock and forward again to just behind the wings. Tie off and clip the floss.

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 14 of 17

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 14 of 17

Tie in and wrap another bunch of peacock herl as you did at the bend. Clip the excess peacock herl.

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 15 of 17

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 15 of 17

Wrap the rib forward over the peacock and the floss to the back of the wings and tie it off. Clip the excess.

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 16 of 17

Tying The Royal Wulff Step 16 of 17

Tie in two brown hackles at the front edge of the body. Bring the thread forward to the eye.

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