Tuesday, May 2, 2017

The "Cinberg" Revisited

A couple of years ago I did a post on a dry fly that is of Catskill origin. The fly known as the Cinberg, so named for the man responsible for its creation, Dr. Bernard Cinberg. I don't know the exact date the fly made its debut on the Nerversink River, but some say about 1950 or so. There are a few die-hard anglers who fish this fly, and I'm becoming one of them.

I have put together a series of photos on how to tie this fly. It can be somewhat of a pain to get the wood duck to tie in properly. Consolation even the messed up ones work.

Materials needed are, lemon wood duck, natural fox squirrel belly dubbing. coq de leon fibers for the tail, and brown dry fly hackle.

I am not going to describe how it's tied for the photos tell most. If you have a question I'll be happy to answer it.












The completed Cinberg.


Some results using the Cinberg over the last week or so.



A well used Cinberg...they get beat-up pretty good. Just take it and bring back into shape and go catch more.

A great fly with some wonderful history.
















24 comments:

  1. Alan, Lemon wood duck, a favorite material of Theodore Gordan. Nuff said.

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    1. John Dornik
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      John it's a favorite of many tyers. And for good reason.

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  2. That fly catches fish, not question about that. It's also just so elegant.

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    1. RM Lytle
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      Rowan, elegant in the style of Fran Betters, but not in relation to other Catskill flies...such as Quill Gordon etc.

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  3. That fly is as buggy looking as can be. It looks like the brookies were all over it, Alan.

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    1. Parachute Adams
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      Sam the fly that they were all over was sort of a "second" but it still got their attention.

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  4. Alan
    Absolute perfection---a brook trout attractor for sure---thanks for sharing

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    1. Bill Trussell
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      Bill I believe the fly was designed to entice brookies, but will do just as well on browns and rainbows.

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  5. Your flies are works of art and most effective on the water!

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    1. TROUT1
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      Pete it helps when the trout are hungry.

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  6. Very nice tie Alan and proves it certainly works. well done my friend

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    1. George
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      Tie a couple up friend...try them on your favorite trout waters. I would love to see the results.

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  7. By the way..managed to pick a small mess of fiddleheads yesterday..

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    1. penbayman
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      Mike were they tasty....you waited a long time for them.

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  8. All I have to say is that is one sexy fly!

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    1. Adam
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      Adam I think your right...fish like it to.

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  9. Alan, have you tried tying and fishing the Cinberg using WD for the tail instead of the hackle barbs? Do you think the tail material matters?

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    1. mike
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      Mike the original pattern calls for brown hackle barbs for the tail. I'm sure WD would work fine. I do like the Coq De Leon.

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  10. Beautiful fly looks very light and effective indeed. well done!

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    1. Armando Milosevic
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      Armando it floats nice and high, very visible to fish and angler.

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  11. Bravo Alan!
    This pattern incorporates all the great and natural looking materials that trout seem to love! The combination of differing hackles are intriguing! The color and the texture seem to blend well together. The hook style and slender body and tail fibers are icing on the very delicious looking cake called the "Cinberg"! As always, I am very pleased to see your creations!
    Doug in the Den

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    1. Dougsden
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      Doug although this fly is not quite tied to original specs it does have the main ingredients. I hope the good doctor does not mind the variations.
      One day I hope to fish his fly on the waters of his beloved Neversink River.

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  12. Hi Alan. Love your blog. Dedicated native/wild trout fisherman and novice tier here. I enjoy trying to tie the classics. Have been working on various spiders (nice and simple!) and now I'm intrigued by the Cinberg. Any advice on sizing the WD and the brown hackle? Looks like maybe at least 3x gap or so for the WD? and maybe 1.5x gap for the brown? Also, any suggestion on how dense/how many wraps of brown? Any thoughts much appreciated! Christian

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