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Royal Wulff
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Fulling Mill Flies
Matched on dry flies, trout, nymph. Large pattern house with broad freshwater and saltwater fly categories.
Orvis Fly Catalog
Matched on dry flies, trout, royal wulff. Broad retail catalog for standard trout, warmwater, salmon/steelhead, and saltwater patterns.
Big Y Fly Co.
Matched on dry flies, trout, nymph. Broad by-type catalog useful for common benchmark patterns and inexpensive backups.
Driftless Angler
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Lee Wulff designed flies for rough water and big fish, which makes the Royal Wulff practically Alaskan by temperament. The white wings are visible in turbulent water from twenty feet away, and the peacock-and-red body triggers something primal in grayling and trout that no entomologist has been able to explain. It does not imitate any specific insect. It imitates all of them, or possibly none of them. The fish eat it regardless, which is the only data point that matters.
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Where to Fish It
Togiak River
AK · Remote Stream
Kanektok River
AK · Remote Stream
Copper River
AK · Salmon River
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