The egg fly pattern can be one of the most effective patterns when fished at the proper time. I first used this pattern when fishing the Quesnel River back home in Quesnel B.C.. The Sockeye migrate up the river to there spawning grounds. Wherever fish are spawning or are migrating through your area to a certain destination to spawn, a egg pattern should be used. Dead drifted was the one way I found best to fish the pattern. Fish will engorge themselves on eggs to the point of exploding. You can tie the pattern in many color variations and can also include a *eye* or *blood spot* as I demonstrated below. The egg yarn you buy in stores can be quite intense in coloration. Here is a tip, take your pack of egg yarn and put it on your windowsill in the summer. You will find that the UV rays from the sun slowly diminish the color of the yarn and that makes it less intense. You can also mix up your yarn when tying egg patterns and get that marble look. If your not a fan of using split shot as weight you can include a bead when creating your egg fly. You can now buy beads in various colors that will match your egg yarn and give it that perfect amount of weight. It is a very simple pattern to create and you can tie many in different colors in one sitting. This is one fly you must have in your arsenal
Egg fly Materials List:
Hook-Mustad C67S Egg/Caddis
Thread-3/0 White thread (or thread to match the color of the yarn)
Material-Egg Yarn
Step 1- Wrap thread onto hook, only go as far as the point of the hook.
Step 2- Cut three pieces of egg yarn no longer then 2 inches
Step 3- Stack the pieces of yarn on top each other and tie them down to the hook. Make sure you tie the yarn down in the middle so both sides of the yarn are even on both ends of the tie down point.
Step 4- Pull the yarn back a little and wrap your thread to the eye of the hook
Step 5- Whip finish
Step 6- Take your bodkin and tease out the yarn so it all blends together.
Step 7- Take the yarn in your fingers and bundle it together, pull the yarn up and cut as shown. The closer you cut the yarn to the hook shank the smaller the egg will be. The smaller the egg you want the less yarn you will have to use.
Finished
