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Cant figure out the egg fly...

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One thing you might want to use less material. When i tied eggs for the first time i always tried to use too much yarn.. Just my two cents

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One of the most effective egg patterns is the otter egg. Not much tying to the pattern since it is an artificial egg. Thread it on the hook, glue with super glue. More realistic than a pom pom egg. See the pattern next to real eggs in the photo below

 

http://www.garyborger.com/2011/03/17/otters-embryo-eggs/

http://www.garyborger.com/2010/08/02/sperm-egg-fly/

http://www.softmilkingegg.com/Embryo-egg.html

Fly-stlhd-eggs-P4140032.jpg

 

 

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In my experience, McFly Foam is better at the vise, Egg Yarn is better on the water.

 

The foam is easy to use and separate, compresses well, and has enough friction to "behave"...but on the water, it's no better than a pom pom: opaque, flat-colored (even the bright fluorescent and light colors), and stiff.

 

In contrast, the Glo-bugs Yarn is a pain in the rear at the vise, being delicate, slippery, and not compressing as well (and as a result, tending to form more of a "dome" than a sphere when trimmed)...but once you get on the water, the yarn looks much more vibrant, realistic, translucent, and in the right colors natural.

 

One way I've improved my eggs a bit is to tie on the yarn in two pieces, on the sides of the shank (so one piece is between me and the hook, and the other piece is on the far side of the hook), use 3-4 wraps around both pieces, cinched tight, then locking wraps fore and aft of the tie in point. For trimming, do it as a 2 step process, pulling and snipping first the near side, then the far, taking care not to bend the hook (it's more prone to deformation when pulled in these directions). This makes it so that it's okay if the material is only going to give you a dome, since you're making two domes end-to-end.

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I use the glo bug yarn as well. My eggs aren't perfect but I try two loose wraps around three strands of the glo yarn.I then grab each side of the yarn and pull taught. This lifts the material atop the shank. With an upward tug It cinches pretty decent (not perfect) but then allows for you to pull straight up and do the cross cut. I cut from just above the hook shank to a 1/4 inch up in the middle and finish on the other side of the yarn in a symmetrical as possible fashion. If you cinch right the materialwill act pretty full and definitley be a fishable egg. Practice alot. Easy pattern, hard to perfect.

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Saw a video on YouTube...finish your fly cut the thread using your thumb nail snap the hook eye seems to "puff" up the final egg covering the thread wraps

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