I'm with you MissTreated (Mom) regarding the Royal Coachman. Love the name and it's an elegant fly that has caught a lot of trout for me, including my first trout on a fly. My favorite version of it is called a California Coachman, that I've only seen in a steelhead size that I used for big rainbows in the Interior of BC.
The names of flies delight me. With names like Silver Doctor, Yellow Sally, Doc Spratley, 52 Buick, Skykomish Sunrise, Alaskabou and Pixie's Revenge, who could resist fly fishing, even if a fish never bites? If I ever take up fly tying more seriously, it would be to give them names.
By the way, a WOW! to your big Kenai king on a fly rod that Sitka Deer mentioned. Great skill knows what to do with a smidge of luck. Most excellent
