Orange Hornberg

This month's fly is not new, just an old favorite in another color. Every year fisherman come into the shop looking for orange hornbergs. In the past I have had no interest in stocking another color of this favorite fly. I knew that finding a good supply of this color mallard flank feather could prove to be a challenge. I do however have enough of these feathers in yellow to last a life time so I asked Sue if she thought we could somehow dye them to come up with an orange color.  I knew she couldn't refuse a challenge and with a dash of red and yellow we soon had a batch of beautiful orange feathers. 

Hook - 2 or 3x long dry fly
Thread - black
Body - silver Mylar tinsel
Underwing - yellow calf tail
Wing - mallard dyed orange
Hackle - brown and grizzly