Egg Patterns for Trout Fishing: A Guide to Effective Imitations

Fall means spawning and spawning means eggs. Egg patterns are increasingly effective in water where eggs from spawning fish are floating around. Browns and Brook trout will both eat eggs that are produced by their brethren.

Whether you find the use of egg patterns sporting is for you to decide, but the fact is they take fish and can often be the cure for an otherwise slow day. But the fly doesn't really need to be tied; a plastic bead pressed onto a heated hook makes an effective imitation.

Salmon eggs get older as they set in the water, change the color of the bead you’re fishing with to match these eggs.

The best fishing technique is a dead-drift that puts the bead egg in front of the fish.

In my video, I show you how easy it is to tie-make the bead-egg. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7SEEHvOBg4

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