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Double Bubble Egg

Egg · Trout · Steelhead · Intermediate · 2 versions

Reference Recipe

  • Hook wide-gap egg/scud hook, 8-14
  • Thread Hot orange 6/0 (140 denier)

Materials

  • Rear egg Orange permanent marker (clump of Glo-Bug yarn)
  • Front egg Pink ears (second clump of Glo-Bug yarn)
  • Optional hot spot Red buzzer wrap (few strands red yarn or thread)

How to tie it

  1. Mount the hook and lay a thread base from behind the eye back to the bend.
  2. At the bend, stand a clump of orange yarn up on top of the shank with several tight thread wraps, then pull it up and snip it into a round ball to form the rear egg.
  3. Advance the thread one-third of a shank forward and repeat with a pink yarn clump to form the front egg, snipping it round.
  4. Tuck a few strands of red yarn between the two eggs for a blood-dot hot spot if wanted.
  5. Build a small thread head behind the eye, whip finish and snip.
  6. Trim any stray fibers so each egg reads as a clean sphere, keeping both compact.

Other versions

1 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie.

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