I was telling someone just a few days ago that I estimate I may have caught as many as 75 percent of the trout I’ve netted in my life on a lot of variations of one pattern – the egg.
I learned to fish an egg pattern on the White and Norfork rivers in north Arkansas 25 years ago, and I haven’t stopped using them as my go-to fish catcher. Fly-fishing purists may raise their eyebrows and scoff at the lowly egg pattern and even claim it’s not a true fly. I, however, dig it. It catches fish. And lots of them.
The way I like to fish them is as part of a two-fly setup, with the egg dangling about 18 inches down the tippet from an attractor nymph such as a San Juan Worm. Just dead-drift the rig either by mending line on the water or by high-sticking when it’s closer to you. Just fish it.
For now, sit back and enjoy this video from the Orvis blog. You’ll learn how to tie two incredibly easy fish-catching patterns. You’ll learn something while watching two guys have an absolute blast making the video. And you’ll hear egg puns. You’ll laugh. Have an “eggcellent” time.
