Loeberg

Loeberg

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Tying Instructions

1. Attach the thread about an eyelength behind the eye and attach a piece of Pearl Mylar tinsel at an angle to the shank.

2. Wrap the tinsel with overlapping wraps to the bend of the hook, just above the poin,t and back again to just behind the eye. Secure with 2 thread wraps behind the last wrap.

3. Bring the tinsel around the shank once and apply two more wraps over the material as it is pulled towards the bend of the hook. This technique really locks in the material.

4. Prepare two Mallard Flank feathers. Select a pair that is broad and measure the length so that it is about 2 times the hook length. Flatten the bare quill with a smooth surface hemostat or pliers to aid in positioning. Secure the first feather by the quill to the shank about 2 eyelengths behind the eye. Keep the quill in line with the shank.

5. Now turn over the fly, if you have a rotary vise, and apply the second feather in the same manner as the first one.

6. Bend the tag end of the quills back and apply additional thread wraps to lock these in.

7. Trim off the tag ends of the quills and place two segments of Pearl Mylar tinsel to each side of the body as a cheek. Keep the material in line with the shank.

8. Prepare a thin Grizzly hackle tip so that the length is about 1 1/2 the hook length. Remove the fibers from the base of the hackle and secure the hackle just in front of the wing at the top of the shank.

9. Prepare two hackles, Badger is this example, sized to the hook. Remove the fibers from the base of the hackles and secure to the top of the shank with the dull sides facing forward. This will give the hackle more tension and action upon use.

10. Wrap each hackle forward separately and secure with thread wraps just behind the eye.

11. Build a small head and whip finish.

Materials to Order Material, click the link
Hook	TMC 100 #8-12
Thread	Danville Red 6/0
Head	Danville Red 6/0
Hackle	Silver Badger
Body	Pearl Mylar tinsel , large
Over Wing	Grizzly Hackle Tip
Wing	Woodduck Gold dyed mallard flank feathers
Cheeks	Pearl Mylar tinsel , large

Tom Loe

Loeberg

Sierra Drifters Guide, Tom Loe, created his Loeberg as a variation of the Hornberg using a pair of Olive Mallard Flank wings with an overwing of a thin grizzly tip.

Guinea Feather

The use of Guinea feathers for the wings is a nice variation to this fly. They have a broad sweep and the large dot patterns give the fly an attractor quality by it’s contrast. Some of these feathers are pre-dyed into other colors but the white dots can also be muted into more subtle hues with the use of pantone markers. There is no inner wing to this fly. The jungle cock cheeks are substituted with Pearl Mylar Tinsel. The hackle is generally a Golden Olive, Silver Badger, or Brown. He prefers not to cement the wing tips but to leave them loose as was the original Hornberg.

Red Head

Also note the use of Red thread, particularly for the head. This is an old guide trick, as the red color can often trigger strikes and can simulate the gills of an alarmed baitfish. The Loeberg’s are used to imitate the perch fry that inhabit the Crowley Lake and become a major food source to the trout during the late summer months and early fall.

Variations

Loeberg-Olive Guinea

Hook	TMC 100 #8-12
Thread	Danville Red 6/0
Head	Danville Red 6/0
Hackle	Silver Badger
Body	Pearl Mylar tinsel , large
Over Wing	Grizzly Hackle Tip
Wing	Natural Guinea Feather marked with Olive Copic Pen
Cheeks	Pearl Mylar tinsel, large

Loeberg-Yellow Guinea

Hook	TMC 100 #8-12
Thread	Danville Red 6/0
Head	Danville Red 6/0
Hackle	Silver Badger
Body	Pearl Mylar tinsel , large
Over Wing	Grizzly Hackle Tip
Wing	Yellow Dyed Guinea Feather
Cheeks	Pearl Mylar tinsel, large