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Royal WulffDry Flybeginner

Alaska

Royal Wulff

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Available Sizes#10 - #16
Color Variations
Royal (standard)White Wulff

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Fulling Mill Flies

Matched on dry flies, trout, nymph. Large pattern house with broad freshwater and saltwater fly categories.

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Orvis Fly Catalog

Matched on dry flies, trout, royal wulff. Broad retail catalog for standard trout, warmwater, salmon/steelhead, and saltwater patterns.

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Big Y Fly Co.

Matched on dry flies, trout, nymph. Broad by-type catalog useful for common benchmark patterns and inexpensive backups.

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Regional shopStrong match

Dette Flies

Matched on dry flies, trout, dry. Catskill lineage fly shop with deep dry-fly, wet-fly, and Northeast trout relevance.

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Driftless Angler

Matched on dry flies, trout, nymph. Driftless-specific trout source for spring creek nymphs, dries, and local bug windows.

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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.

Quick Facts

TypeDry Fly
Difficultybeginner
SeasonsSummer
Target SpeciesArctic Grayling, Rainbow Trout, Dolly Varden
Sizes#10 - #16
Best LocationsTogiak River, AK; Kanektok River, AK; Copper River, AK

Where to Fish It

Togiak River

AK · Remote Stream

Kanektok River

AK · Remote Stream

Copper River

AK · Salmon River

Map unavailable. Locations for Royal Wulff: Togiak River, AK; Kanektok River, AK; Copper River, AK

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