Hornbergs

Hornberg Hook: Streamer hook Thread: Black Body: Flat silver tinsel Underwing: Narrow strips of two yellow neck hackles Overwing: Natural gray barred mallard flank Cheeks: Jungle cock, long Hackle: Grizzly, tied as dry fly collar Hornberg (Leiser) Hook: Streamer hook Thread: Black Body: Flat silver tinsel Underwing: Yellow calf tail Overwing: Natural gray barred mallard flank Cheeks: Jungle cock, long Hackle: Grizzly and brown mixed Downwing Hornberg Hook: streamer, 6-16 Mustad 9671, 38941 Thread: black Body: flat silver tinsel Underwing: yellow hackle fibers to bend Overwing: 2 mallard flank feathers - folded & applied tent-shape over body - gap width past bend Hackle: brown & grizzly mixed - tied as a dry fly collar Mud Hornberg Standard Hornberg with a bright orange, yellow or red spun deer hair "egg" in front of it. Hornberg Color Variations Many hornberg variations are simply the standard pattern tied with different color materials. Thread Body Wing Hackle Black Hornberg Black Flat silver tinsel Mallard flank dyed black Brown and black mixed Blue Hornberg Blue Lt. blue floss Mallard dyed light blue Grizzy Bronze Hornberg Black Flat gold tinsel Underwing: hot orange hackle tips, overwing: bronze mallard flank Golden badger Cinnamon Hornberg Orange Flat gold tinsel Mallardy dyed imitation woodduck Brown Dark Hornberg Brown Mixed tan, olive, and muskrat dubbing Bronze mallard Mixed brown and blue dun Green Hornberg Olive Olive dubbing Mallard dyed olive Dyed Olive Yellow Yellow Flat gold tinsel Mallard dyed yellow Dyed Olive

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