Royal Cubbage

Royal Cubbage

Hook - Dry fly style 

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 be 6-7 turns 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

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

Reference: Popular Fly Patterns by Terry Hellekson