royal coachman

noun

, Angling.

1. a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.

Example Sentences

She has gone; she has fled from the Kingdom with the first royal coachman, who was a handsome young giant after her own heart.

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I put on a "Royal Coachman" and cast out again, hooking and bringing out trout every second or third cast.

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Nearest the rod he put a royal coachman, next to it a blue quill, and at the end a ginger quill.

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The royal coachman is the fly generally used, but often the brown and gray hackle with peacock body meets with success.

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The flies generally used later are the coachman, royal coachman, brown hackle, and gray hackle.

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