Egg

 

Egg or roe flies are tied to imitate eggs that have been dislodged from their  'reds' and are are drifting  down a stream. Weighted versions can be fished alone or in conjunction with an unweighted nymph or egg fly and unweighted versions are generally fished in conjunction with lead shot or some, a weighted nymph or some other form of weight that will get them to bounce along the bottom of the river.

Materials

Hook Thread Weight Body
Size 8 to 14 Curved Caddis Orange Lead wire or optional dumb bell eyes as in the third photo Glow bug yarn

Process

A
  1. If your adding dumbbell eyes do that first.
  2. Otherwise just wind the thread about 1/3 of the way down the shank of the hook and then back to the 75% position.

B
  1. Take a thick strand of glow bug yarn and tie that in with a couple of firm wraps of thread.

C
  1. Rotate the hook in the vice and tie in similar thick strands of glow bug yarn making sure that each is locked into position by firm wraps of thread in the same position as the one before.
  2. Generally there is only room to tie two strands of yarn in on a size 14 hook and three on a size 10 hook

D
  1. Take the thread forward and tie it off in front of the eyes if you have fitted any.
  2. In any case build up a nice round eye like ball of thread directly behind the eye of the hook. whip finish, trim the thread and varnish the thread ball.
  3. Take the fly out of the vice and with a sharp pair of scissors trim the yarn into an egg shape and size.



Last Updated: February 20, 2011
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Categories: Egg flies, Flies