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Post by johnjarosz(jj) on Nov 11, 2009 16:52:27 GMT -5
Has anyone tied weighted glo-bug eggs? I've tied a few using .020 wire on the hook, then tied the yarn to form an egg. I'm thinking that this might cut down on the use of split shot in certain cases. Would it fish well, sink too much, not sink enough? Would fish sense the difference between weight vs. non-weighted eggs? thanks..jj
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Post by whatsajob614 on Nov 12, 2009 19:16:55 GMT -5
Only way to find out is to give it a whirl. I bet it would work. I use a 2 or 3x heavy hook to make mine heavier. No complaints, and the hooks don't bend or break.
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Post by Charlie Dickson on Nov 20, 2009 15:30:02 GMT -5
jj,
You could also use a brass or tungsten bead to give it weight. Slide the bead in the hook and tie the glow bug on behind it. I have seen this type of fly tied like this up on the Salmon river and although I have never tried it my-self, I don’t fish egg flies anymore, it looked good and looked like it would work great. Also, the bead creates an eye of sorts so you no longer need to tie in the red "blood dot" on the egg fly.
Charlie
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Post by johnjarosz(jj) on Nov 20, 2009 20:00:10 GMT -5
Charlie..WOW!! that's quite an apocalyptic post (apocalyptic [əˌpɒkəˈlɪptɪk 1. outstanding in revelation, prophecy, or significance). I played hooky from work Wed & stopped up at the OOFS to pick up some tungsten beads for exactly that reason. I had a brain f**t & thought of putting a bead up front. I've been watching the eggs go down & it seems they tended to 'float.' Must be the buoyant yarn. Anyway, I'm going up to an LO trib during Thanksgiving week (hooky again). I'll post here on how the egg works.. It must be true that great minds think alike !!
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Post by B.Ingersoll on Apr 4, 2010 7:16:58 GMT -5
I cheat and carry some cute little soft hackle egg like patterns for swinging. Think Polar Shimp, Lucky Bucky, Catnip but soft hackle. BTW-I usually have a couple L.Buckys, P Shimps,Catnips on a nice little sz. 12 up eye also. In small sizes Nick showed me a nice trick of using cliped zonker strip fur for the wings rather than calf tail. Works well on smaller sz. 12- 10's up eyes etc. lays back and is much more mobile. The soft hackles I like a sz. 10 TMC 200 style hook (Daichi same ?). Use a gold tung. bead. Bright soft hackle (Metz or other) in orange and yellow combos plus white over pink. A flashy salmon & steelhead dub. Usually run a little butt/tag of wire, then a rib. Seperate buged out dubbing in the thorax area. Wrap the soft hackle so it lays back steep (like a vail). They are kinda cute and fun to tie. Use them when Steelies are in "egg mode" and nothing else seems to work. They still hit them on the swing. Didn't fish them a lot this year but did pick up a couple on them. Nice change up fly also to work back through a pool. The tung. beads certainly help keep them down with a sink leader. I keep mine in a special little hand made wooden box (hidden  ) . Also have some buggy variety soft hackles tossed in with them. It seems long ago now (for me anyways) but "back when" , for a few years, buggy soft hackles on the swing were the ticket on the kitty in the fall and a joy to fish/cast......really pounded them. Although personally I have not experianced it like that (back then ) again, I still carry some just for swinging, early fall on the kitty. Years ago flytyer mag. had a really nice article on some "Steelhead Softies" (soft hackles) that were all dolled up nice with tags,butts, multi ribs and hackles, etc. Also for a couple seasons I fished Alec Jackson (bit of a AJ fan) various spade patterns and did well. Morning coffee rambleings. Getting off subject sorry  |
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Post by johnjarosz(jj) on Apr 10, 2010 6:39:36 GMT -5
tinman..thanks for the tips. I've been started to lean more & more towards wets & have recently started tying some soft hackles. They're not a type I tie/fish regularly, but I like them. It's funny how a particular pattern was "hot" years ago, but it's barely mentioned nowadays & only remembered by a few "oldtimers." The best example I can give was trolling a yellow Sally with a silver spinner for walleye.
I "googled" the patterns but couldn't find the "catnip." Can you help me out here? Another question: for the "Metz" hackles, which ones do you prefer? I see they offer necks, capes, saddles, etc. ..and certainly don't apologize for the morning coffee ramblings. There's a lot of info in there. Hopefully we'll meet on the H2O...thanks again...jj
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Post by B.Ingersoll on Apr 10, 2010 9:04:33 GMT -5
hey jj, here ya go. oakorchardflies.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=patternsforgreatlakessteel&action=display&thread=1005the catnip is a rick k. pattern and i found it under charlies flies on this site. actually there are a couple of colors i see under charlies ties. of course with even a simple fly like that charlies look way better than mine  as far as soft hackle. just check with nick @ the shop. schalppen (spelling?) tips works well also and you can use it for a lot of other stuff. just get some hot colors. bit more fun to tie and steelhead still chase them on a deep slow swing.............plus the buffalo (usa vs. asian) carp are in a luv egg looking stuff.............so how can you beat that!!!  ;D stop in and see nick or call him and have him mail you out what ya need. they mail me stuff........ |
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Post by Justin Damude on Nov 7, 2010 19:34:11 GMT -5
i dont know much about fishing egg flies but i dont think a weighted egg fly is a god idea eggs themselves are buoyant and unweighted and unable to self propel themselves ie nymphs but then again what do i know?
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Post by Michael Hartman on Nov 7, 2010 20:34:56 GMT -5
Ive heard of people putting bead heads on globugs... Some people i see have estaz in like a ball with a bead head on it... Looks funny but they catch the fish. Oh and i found this video. This fly looks somewhat freaky but have at it and tell me how it works. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvG1LcS39jY |
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Post by JoeSperanza on Nov 8, 2010 5:46:58 GMT -5
Mikey, that would probably would work on the Lower Niagara, they need all that weight out West to get those patterns down, they fish BIG water
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) . Also have some buggy variety soft hackles tossed in with them. It seems long ago now (for me anyways) but "back when" , for a few years, buggy soft hackles on the swing were the ticket on the kitty in the fall and a joy to fish/cast......really pounded them. Although personally I have not experianced it like that (back then ) again, I still carry some just for swinging, early fall on the kitty. 
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