Egg Fly
My fishing pal, John Beth, will be on the river with me on Monday. He loves fishing egg flies for Steelhead, and is very effective at it. His egg “fly” is tied with soft, silicon eggs available from Cabela’s. These are Otter’s Soft Eggs. They are wonderfully simple to tie with and make superb flies. The hook is a red Gamakatsu or VMC egg hook. The red color “disguises” the hook–perhaps it looks like a blood trail or piece of the roe sack. Maybe not. Maybe it just appeals to our design sense. Anyway, pierce the egg and slide it up on the shank. Add a tad of dubbing at the rear of the egg to keep it from slipping back, then add a tad of dubbing at the front. John likes to use a bit of white at the front to give the imitation that “Sperm and Egg” fly look. He’s caught a pile of big ones on it over the years on this fly. I’ll have mine, along with a sack of leeches in a host of colors, a bunch of shrimp-style flies, and others. Look out steelies.
A tangerine egg fly tied with Otter's Soft Egg. Is this the fly for Monday? I'll find out.