Egg flies

Detailed instructions for tying Jeff Blood's Blood Dot Egg. This is part of a series of Tim Flagler's collaboration with Fly Tyer Magazine.

When the salmon and trout are spawning in the streams, rainbow trout often sneak close to the spawning grounds and eat the nutrient-rich eggs that drift with the current.

In this video we'll be tying the fly Caviar by mrs. Helga Gísladóttir. The Caviar was devised here in Iceland just last year by Helga but Helga is enthusiastic fly tier and fly fisher.

Detailed information for tying an Eggstasy Egg.

Tie the SUCKER SPAWN...a FAVORITE winter fly!

In this video, I discuss flies that have killed fly fishing for me...or have they?!?

Clown eggs, and egg patterns in general are a great fly to fish trout, especially stocked trout.

Super easy to tie roe/glo bug pattern. Fabulous for winter fishing for trout, rainbow trout, steelhead and other egg eating fish in rivers and stillwaters.

The High Water Worm is a great choice to use when waters get a little colored up after a bit of rain. It is recommended to tie this one as a point fly in tandem with a heavier bead head nymph.

Lots of egg patterns tied on the live stream. I've added timestamps to patterns if you want to skip ahead.

The Thunder Egg is a simple fly pattern to add to your arsenal of steelhead flies. It's also great for salmon and trout.

I've been tying a ton of Squirmy Wormy flies over the past year or so and I usually end up with a little tag of leftover material for every fly I tie.

Check out the Micro Blood Dot Egg in action in Mike's Elkhorn Creek Video -
Check out Mike's Wooly Bugged channel on youtube -

Lets be honest, most people think of egg patterns as "not real flies". While that may be true, no one can argue that they aren't effective.

This is a slight variation from the more well known antron egg.

Detailed instructions for tying a Nuke Egg.

Materials to tie Matt's Egg Fly:
Size 10 grub hook
3.2mm brass bead hot orange
Peach or yellow egg yarn
White tying silk

Detailed instructions for tying a Clown Egg.

Pre-rigging egg flies with leader setup.

Tying the "Reel Egg" fly. The most realistic and easy to tie egg pattern

Here is one of my brown trout patterns I use during the salmon run in NY every fall, the Clown Egg. I tie this pattern using McFly Foam, by far the easiest material to use to make a single egg.

Clown Egg Fly Tying Video Directions

Nuclear Nuke; Egg Fly Tying Video Instructions

McFlyfoam Egg Fly Tying Video Instructions (GLO Bug)