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Flashtail Mini Egg

Egg · Trout · Steelhead · Salmon · Beginner · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook short-shank wide-gap egg/scud hook, 10-16
  • Thread to match egg (salmon, pink, Oregon cheese) 8/0 (or 140 denier)

Materials

  • Tail flash Pearl or pink Krystal Flash / Flashabou (few strands)
  • Body Egg yarn / McFly Foam or Glo-Bug yarn (salmon egg, pink, Oregon cheese) (1 clump)
  • Hot spot (optional) Contrasting egg yarn (a few fibers) (few)

How to tie it

  1. Lay a thread base and tie in a short sparse tail of Krystal Flash at the bend. The little flashtail is the distinguishing trigger, adding a subtle sparkle to a drifting egg.
  2. Lay a clump of egg yarn across the top of the shank at the mid-point and secure with tight thread wraps.
  3. Optionally add a few fibers of a contrasting colour for a hot spot / veil.
  4. Gather the yarn straight up, compress it, and cut it off close to form a round egg shape (a single clean scissor cut across the gathered fibers).
  5. Whip finish a small thread head at the eye and trim any stray fibers into a neat sphere.

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