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EZ Egg Baby

Egg · Trout · Steelhead · Beginner · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook Short-shank egg/scud hook, 10-14
  • Thread Pale pink / to match yarn Flymaster Plus (140 denier)

Materials

  • Egg McFly Foam / egg yarn, baby pink (pale) (1 small clump)
  • Optional dot Contrasting yarn, red (few fibers)

How to tie it

  1. Start thread and lay a base from the eye to above the point.
  2. Cut a small clump of pale baby-pink McFly Foam about 1.25 in long, lay it on top of the hook, and take a few loose wraps at its midpoint.
  3. Tighten with firm stacked wraps to flare the yarn into a ball; add a few red strands on top first for a dot if desired.
  4. Stand the yarn up and take four or five tight wraps around its base to gather it into a round egg.
  5. Whip finish just ahead of the yarn, then trim the egg into a small dome (no more than half the gap) and roll it round between your fingers.

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