Gray Ghost – an enduring classic

Gray Ghost

Gray Ghost Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Head Ribbing Body Throat Wing (top) 4 with as a topping Wing (under) Cheek and Gray Ghost This is probably the most famous of many streamers designed by Carrie Stevens of Madison, Maine in 1924. Carrie, the wife of Maine Guide Wallace Stevens, took…

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Loeberg – a variation from a reliable pattern

Loeberg

Loeberg Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Head Hackle Body Over Wing Wing Cheeks 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…

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Hornberg – discover a dry that becomes a streamer

Hornberg

Hornberg Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Head Hackle Body Inner Wing Outer Wing Cheeks Hornberg As a streamer, Hornbergs represent baitfish. This unique fly was created by Frank Hornberg, a Game Warden from Central Wisconsin, in the 1920’s. Frank designed the pattern as a dry fly, named the Hornberg Special, to…

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