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ONE DOZEN OF ROYAL COACHMAN $5.25 Time Remaining: 19d 12h 16m Buy It Now for only: $5.25

1 DZ TRUDE ROYAL COACHMAN 12 DRY FLIES TROUT NYMPHS $0.99 Time Remaining: 2h

1 Dozen Parachute Royal Coachman Dry Fly Trout $8.99 Time Remaining: 20d 16h 56m Buy It Now for only: $8.99

ASGs 12 STREAMER ROYAL COACHMAN FLIES 10 FREIGHT FREE $16.00 Time Remaining: 3d 20h 16m Buy It Now for only: $16.00

FLY FISHING FLIES 10 ROYAL COACHMAN AND RIGHT CAHILL PARACHUTE FLY PATTERNS $0.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 12h 41m

ONE DOZEN FLIES ROYAL COACHMANADAMS MARCHADAMS IRRISIABLEBEAD HEAD PRINCE $5.25 Time Remaining: 5d 10h 40m Buy It Now for only: $5.25

1 Dozen Royal Coachman Dry Fly Trout $8.99 Time Remaining: 20d 17h 35m Buy It Now for only: $8.99

Royal Coachman Dry Fly Size 1214161820 or 22 Quality Trout Flies $7.00 Time Remaining: 9d 14h 35m Buy It Now for only: $7.00

12 Lot 1 dozen Royal Coachman 12 Bluegill Killer Fly Fishing Flies Sale NR F40 $0.99 Time Remaining: 23h 3m

Royal Coachman Fly Fishing Trout Flies 6 Size 10 $5.99 Time Remaining: 13d 12h 21m Buy It Now for only: $5.99

Royal Coachman Full Dress Streamer 6 $1.25 Time Remaining: 8d 7h 57m Buy It Now for only: $1.25

One Dozen Orvis 16 Royal Coachman Parachute $10.00 Time Remaining: 11d 12h 37m Buy It Now for only: $10.00

1 DZ ROYAL COACHMAN 12 DRY FLIES TROUT NYMPHS $0.99 Time Remaining: 1d 2h 1m

One Dozen Orvis 16 Royal Coachman $10.00 Time Remaining: 11d 12h 38m Buy It Now for only: $10.00

12 x Royal Coachman 12 TROUT FLIES for fishing $15.50 Time Remaining: 6d 20h 30m Buy It Now for only: $15.50

Royal Coachman Bucktail Streamer 6 $1.25 Time Remaining: 8d 7h 55m Buy It Now for only: $1.25

12 Lot 1 dozen Royal Coachman 12 Bluegill Killer Fly Fishing Flies Sale NR F40 $0.99 Time Remaining: 1d 2h 25m

Royal Coachman Full Dress Streamer 4 $1.25 Time Remaining: 8d 7h 58m Buy It Now for only: $1.25

2 Royal Coachman 6 Wet flies trout panfish $1.75 Time Remaining: 28d 2h 29m Buy It Now for only: $1.75

Royal Coachman Bucktail 1 doz size 12 $6.00 Time Remaining: 13d 10h 2m Buy It Now for only: $6.00

12 Lot 1 dozen Royal Coachman 12 Bluegill Killer Fly Fishing Flies Sale NR F40 $0.99 Time Remaining: 1d 7h 14m

ASGs 12 WET ROYAL COACHMAN FLIES 12 14 FREIGHT FREE $16.00 Time Remaining: 3d 20h 17m Buy It Now for only: $16.00

2 Royal Coachman Standard Dry size 12 Attractor Drys $1.75 Time Remaining: 14d 2h 47m Buy It Now for only: $1.75

2 Royal Coachman Standard Dry size 10 Attractor Drys $1.75 Time Remaining: 5h 33m Buy It Now for only: $1.75

1 Dozen Royal Coachman Dry Fly Trout $7.49 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 30m Buy It Now for only: $8.99

2 Royal Coachman Parachute size 10 Attractor Drys $1.75 Time Remaining: 26d 7h 29m Buy It Now for only: $1.75

2 Royal Coachman Parachute size 16 Attractor Drys $1.75 Time Remaining: 26d 7h 29m Buy It Now for only: $1.75

Royal Coachman Streamer 12 flies 4 6 8 $9.48 Time Remaining: 1d 15h 18m Buy It Now for only: $9.48

1 Dozen Parachute Royal Coachman Dry Fly Trout $7.49 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 30m Buy It Now for only: $8.99

Royal Coachman Dry Fly Sz20 X6 $2.99 Time Remaining: 25d 3h 56m Buy It Now for only: $2.99

2 Royal Coachman 8 Wet flies trout panfish $1.75 Time Remaining: 2d 3h 42m Buy It Now for only: $1.75

Royal Coachman sz 16 3 Flies $2.79 Time Remaining: 18d 9h 20m Buy It Now for only: $2.79

1 DZ ROYAL COACHMAN 16 DRY FLIES TROUT NYMPHS $0.99 Time Remaining: 3d 3h 9m

Royal Red Coachman sz 16 3 Flies $2.79 Time Remaining: 18d 9h 20m Buy It Now for only: $2.79

2 Royal Coachman Parachute size 14 Attractor Drys $1.75 Time Remaining: 26d 7h 29m Buy It Now for only: $1.75

Vintage Lot of 18 Worth Royal Coachman Wet Flys Size 10 Sproat Fish Lure Hook $5.00 Time Remaining: 4d 11h 55m

ROYAL COACHMAN 18 FLY FISHING FLIES CUSTOM $8.46 Time Remaining: 11d 9h 7m Buy It Now for only: $8.46

2 Royal Coachman 12 Wet flies trout panfish $1.75 Time Remaining: 2d 3h 42m Buy It Now for only: $1.75

2 Royal Coachman 10 Wet flies trout panfish $1.75 Time Remaining: 2d 3h 42m Buy It Now for only: $1.75

FLY FISHINGFLIES 12 ROYAL COACHMAN ROYAL WULFF TROUT DRY FLY PARTTENS s8 18 $0.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 5d 13h 52m

2 Brand New South Bend Jays Signature Royal Coachman $1.65 Time Remaining: 14d 1h 55m Buy It Now for only: $1.65

Royal Coachman 10 x 1 $1.25 Time Remaining: 4d 3h 10m Buy It Now for only: $1.25

Royal Coachman Fly Fishing Trout Flies 6 Size 8 $5.99 Time Remaining: 4d 8h 33m Buy It Now for only: $5.99

FLY FISHING FLIES 2DZ GOLD RIBBED HAIRS EAR MARCH BROWN ROYAL COACHMAN 8 18 $8.99 Time Remaining: 5d 14h 22m

2 Royal Coachman Standard Dry size 16 Attractor Drys $1.75 Time Remaining: 14d 2h 47m Buy It Now for only: $1.75

PARACHUTE ROYAL COACHMAN 16 FLY FISHING FLIES CUSTOM $7.61 Time Remaining: 11d 7h 4m Buy It Now for only: $7.61

2 Royal Coachman Standard Dry size 14 Attractor Drys $1.75 Time Remaining: 5h 32m Buy It Now for only: $1.75

1 dozen Royal Coachman Wet Fly 12 Nymphs Trout NR $0.01 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 6d 4h 31m

2 Royal Coachman Parachute size 12 Attractor Drys $1.75 Time Remaining: 26d 7h 29m Buy It Now for only: $1.75

Royal Coachman Hair wing Size 2 Double Fly Tied by Ralph Graves R006 $30.00 Time Remaining: 29d 9h 44m Buy It Now for only: $30.00

ROYAL COACHMAN 20 FLY FISHING FLIES CUSTOM $8.46 Time Remaining: 11d 9h 8m Buy It Now for only: $8.46

1 dozen Royal Coachman Wet Fly 14 Nymphs Trout NR $0.01 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 6d 4h 32m

48 PARACHUTES Black Gnat Pale Morning Royal Coachman 14or16 Flies U CHOOSE $14.14 Time Remaining: 10d 4h 4m Buy It Now for only: $14.14

PARACHUTE ROYAL COACHMAN 20 FLY FISHING FLIES CUSTOM $7.61 Time Remaining: 11d 7h 6m Buy It Now for only: $7.61

NEW 1 2 Dozen Royal Coachman Flies $3.50 Time Remaining: 12d 7h 31m Buy It Now for only: $3.50

1 dozen Royal Coachman 14 Dry Flies Trout NR $0.01 Time Remaining: 6d 7h 16m

PARACHUTE ROYAL COACHMAN 18 FLY FISHING FLIES CUSTOM $7.61 Time Remaining: 11d 7h 5m Buy It Now for only: $7.61

ROYAL COACHMAN TRUDE 18 FLY FISHING FLIES CUSTOM $8.46 Time Remaining: 11d 9h 10m Buy It Now for only: $8.46

LOT OF 24 FLY FISHING ROYAL COACHMAN STREAMER FLIES SIZE 06 $25.00 Time Remaining: 27d 9h 52m Buy It Now for only: $25.00

1 dozen Royal Coachman 16 Dry Flies Trout NR $0.01 Time Remaining: 6d 7h 17m

LOT OF 23 FLY FISHING ROYAL COACHMAN STREAMER FLIES SIZE 06 $25.00 Time Remaining: 27d 9h 54m Buy It Now for only: $25.00

One Dozen Etha Wing Dun Royal Coachman Dry Flies size 14 NEW $12.00 Time Remaining: 14d 8h 15m Buy It Now for only: $12.00

Royal Coachman

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Swift and faithful

· Hart family armorial motto,

Celer atque fidelis, granted 1883 ·When Captain Arthur Hart-Synnot came back to Ireland on a bright summer morning in July 1906, and walked down the gangplank of the overnight boat from Holyhead, he had not seen his father for two and a half years. The major general had received his telegram and was there to meet his eldest son and accompany him on the train for the last stage of his five-thousand-mile journey back from the Far East. A family of soldiers who had spent years in India and the farthest outposts of the British Empire, the Hart-Synnots were accustomed to the long sea journeys, extended personal separations, and occasional periods of great loneliness that military service required of them. As the train steamed close to the shore, passing the oyster beds along the ten-mile fjord that cut deep into the coast and divided County Down from Louth, and the sun caught the wooded slopes of the Mourne Mountains on the other side of the water, they began to catch up on family news.At Newry Station the coachman was waiting with the old black landau. Once the luggage was transferred, the captain and the general were driven up the narrow country road, past the low stone walls and scrubby hedges that divided the small fields of South Armagh, gradually gaining height on the two-hour journey to Ballymoyer. When they reached the lodge and turned into the gates, a crowd of estate workers and staff from the house were waiting for them, with a banner strung across the drive welcoming Captain Hart-Synnot home.

Arthur knew many of the faces from his childhood, and some had served under his father in the Irish Brigade in South Africa. They cheered and waved, grabbed the shafts beside the two horses, pushed the carriage from behind, and helped turn the wheels up the long gravel avenue that ran through the parkland towards the house. This was not a family used to displays of affection in public, but Arthur stepped down and embraced his mother and his sisters on the porch. A brass band played, and a little later the family and guests sat down to a noisy lunch with many toasts. The captain made a speech in which he said how happy he was to be back home with friends and family.

Only four years before, his father had been given a similar hero's return when he came back to Ballymoyer from the Boer War. Since then he had retired from the army and devoted his energies to the estate that his wife, Mary, had inherited, and which he had known since their marriage. With seven thousand acres of low hills, moorland, and small tenant farms, seventy miles north of Dublin, the property was one of the largest in the county of Armagh. The Synnots had made their money in the linen trade and mining and, unlike many other Irish landowners, had always been resident landlords. General Hart added his wife's surname to his own to become General Hart-Synnot, confirming his place among the Anglo-Irish gentry. The general was eager to show Arthur the improvements he had begun to make on the estate demesne, the home farm that was not rented out to tenants, knowing his son shared the same love for the place he would one day inherit.

The original stone manor had been built in the eighteenth century in a gentle valley at a point where three brooks, after racing down from their own glens, reached flatter land and joined together to continue as one fast-running trout stream. In the early nineteenth century a more imposing house in the classical style, with a stucco façade of three stories and a colonnaded porch, had been added onto the earlier, rougher building, and the two were linked with creaking corridors and staircases. The library, the smaller bedrooms, and the servants' hall were in the old section at the back, but the principal bedrooms, drawing room, and dining room were in the grander addition, looking across the lawns and parkland to stands of beech on the hillside. Over the years the gardens had been landscaped and replanted, and the streams channeled and directed over weirs, but the sound of rushing water could still be heard all round the house, and gave a calming, almost drowsy background noise. For Arthur's return, both parts of the house were full, with relatives who had come to greet him and would stay until the following day. The celebrations did not end till after dinner, when the general directed a fireworks display on the lawn. That night Arthur must have wondered how he was going to tell his family what had happened to his personal and emotional life on the other side of the world, and how he wanted nothing more than to put Ireland behind him as fast as possible and get back to Tokyo.Two and a half years earlier, before he left for the East, Arthur had known almost nothing about Japan, and his ambitions were centered on the army. The military connection was hard to ignore at Ballymoyer. Portraits of mustachioed ancestors in full uniform were hung all over the house, along with their swords and honors. Military biographies and campaign histories filled the library shelves. Arthur's grandfather General Henry Hart had edited Hart's Army List, the annual compendium setting out names, rankings, and organization that was indispensable to army messes and clubs around the British Empire. His father was a major general who had fought Ashanti tribesmen in West Africa, the Zulus in Natal, the Egyptians at Tel el Kebir, and a whole range of recalcitrant natives in India and Afghanistan. His father's brother Reginald was another major general, the better known because while still a young officer he had won the Victoria Cross, for crawling up a dry ravine in Afghanistan to rescue a wounded soldier, under withering fire from Afridi tribesmen shooting at him from behind rocks. Uncle Reginald's book, Reflections on the Art of War, laying out his forthright approach to "push-on" soldiering, was an inspiration to young officers. His father's other brother, Uncle Horatio, was a colonel with the Royal Engineers. In 1883, the three Hart brothers had jointly revived a coat of arms once used in the family, with a stag's head and rampant antlers over the motto "Celer atque fidelis," meaning "Swift and faithful."

The soldiering tradition conditioned Arthur's outlook and made him the sort of man he was. No one ever thought he would do anything else but become an officer. Family custom put him into the army, and family connections assisted his career through it. When Arthur left Sandhurst in 1890, he went out to India as a subaltern. He joined the 1st Battalion of the East Surrey Regiment at DumDum, near Calcutta, where his father was the colonel, and saw his first fighting in the mountains along the India-Afghanistan border, on a march to relieve a British force besieged by Pathan tribesmen in Chitral. When his Uncle Reginald, also serving in India, was sent to quell yet another rising by the Afridis around the Khyber Pass, he asked to have his nephew attached to the expedition.

After eight years in India, Arthur returned to England to go to Staff College, coached for the examination by his father. By this time his younger brother Ronald had, in his turn, just joined the East Surrey Regiment, and his father had come home to be a general. The British Empire was at its apogee. When Queen Victoria came to review her troops on the Aldershot parade ground in the summer of 1899, General Fitzroy Hart was able to ride past his sovereign at the head of his brigade, in plumed helmet, immaculate uniform, and highly polished boots, on a magnificent seventeen-hand Waler horse that belonged to Arthur, with his two sons jogging along beside him as members of his staff. At moments like this, when the pomp was at its most splendid and the military bands at their most stirring, it was not surprising that British rule over much of the world seemed so natural, or that families like the Harts could derive so much of their identity from it. A few months later, when that mastery came under challenge in southern Africa, and the Boer War broke out, professional soldiers like the Harts welcomed the chance for some sustained action against a more challenging enemy than the primitive tribesmen they usually found themselves up against. The war could bring honors and promotion. Arthur, his brother Ronald, his father, Fitzroy, and the seventeen-hand Waler all sailed for Cape Town in 1899 as part of the first Expeditionary Force, impatient to get there lest the fighting end too quickly. The only regret in the family was that Uncle Reginald, now in India, could not be released to come along, too.

Copyright © 2007 Peter Pagnamenta and Momoko Williams from the book Sword and Blossom by Peter Pagnamenta and Momoko Williams. Published by the Penguin Group; May 2007;$16.00US; 978-0-14-311214-3

Peter Pagnamenta is a writer and television documentary maker, with a special interest in Japan. He conceived and wrote the eight-part BBC series Nippon, an archival and testimonial history of Japan's recovery after 1945, as well as Bubble Trouble, about Japan in the 1990's. Other series for the BBC include the twentieth-century industrial history All Our Working Lives, for which he wrote the book with Richard Overy, and the twenty-six-part People's Century. He is a former editor of the weekly current-affairs television program Panorama. Momoko Williams was born and brought up in Japan and went to Britain in 1966 after graduating from Meiji University, Tokyo. She has coordinated and produced programs for Japanese broadcasters in Britain and Japan. She worked on the major NHK series The Twentieth Century and Pacific War. Interested in Anglo-Japanese cultural connections, she initiated and produced the photographic exhibition Japanese in Britain, 1863-2001. She is married to an Englishman and lives in London.

About the Author

Peter Pagnamenta is a writer and television documentary maker, with a special interest in Japan. He conceived and wrote the eight-part BBC series Nippon, an archival and testimonial history of Japan's recovery after 1945, as well as Bubble Trouble, about Japan in the 1990's. Other series for the BBC include the twentieth-century industrial history All Our Working Lives, for which he wrote the book with Richard Overy, and the twenty-six-part People's Century. He is a former editor of the weekly current-affairs television program Panorama.
Momoko Williams was born and brought up in Japan and went to Britain in 1966 after graduating from Meiji University, Tokyo. She has coordinated and produced programs for Japanese broadcasters in Britain and Japan. She worked on the major NHK series The Twentieth Century and Pacific War. Interested in Anglo-Japanese cultural connections, she initiated and produced the photographic exhibition Japanese in Britain, 1863-2001. She is married to an Englishman and lives in London.

Would the royal coachmen work now?fly fishing?

Just started fly fishing. Came in a pack looks good. Northern New Jersey

A royal coachman is a good all-purpose fly depending on what size you have. But if you're just beginning flyfishing you might want to try terrestrials like grasshoppers at first. Cast them along the shoreline. It doesn't take a lot of finesse to fish terrestrials so it will help you catch fish while you practice casting.

How to tie a Royal Coachmen Parachute for Fly Fishing