egg patterns?

Im new to fly fishing and fly tying. Ive been told that the egg pattern is very effective. I have a problem though. i dont dont know how to tie it? Do u melt glue or use yarn or use the otter eggs from cabelas. how do you guys do it?

Trout9, perhaps the following youtube clip can help ?

click here please

Thanks for your interest but ive already watched everything on on youtube. Thanks again though

The easiest egg patterns I have ever tied are called "Easter eggs." I have caught a lot of fish on them over the years, especially in high, muddy water when the fish are spawning. Basically, all you do is lay out about six or seven strands of crystal flash on a hook, size 8 or 10. Then I just tie some orange yarn (I really like burnt orange) or chenille around the hook until it looks like a big egg. I know it sounds too simple and honestly, it doesn't really look like an egg. It looks like yarn wrapped around a hook, but it sure works. I think I found this pattern in a book with salmon flies, but it works awesome for trout. I have has days where they just slam these.
Kais
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Post edited by: kais4795, at: 2008/06/23 17:54

we fish for steelies in NW Pa and egg patterns always seem to be very productive. I like to spend more time fishing and less time tying so I have tried several patterns and techniques. One of the easiest and quickest is to simply use a crystal dubbing, wax it onto your thread, pack it tight and thick basically make a "hump" on your hook (14-16-18) then I add just a small strand of glo-bug yarn(usually cream color) to give a milking effect...works like a charm for a lazy guy like me!
I tie, salmon pink, burnt orange and a crystal yellow..
Tight lines to all!

Great advice, Ok1MoreCast. Thanks for that

Hi
The pattern from Kais looks great and simply to tie.
Some of the Alaskan guides make clay eggs, and bake them in the home oven.You can also threadle plastic and
polystyrene beads on a hook,tie or glue them on and
then tie on a hackle,foward and aft,or both.
Looking in craft shops,I have bought different size, fluro,spongy,multi coloured pom poms,some with tinsle,
which make good eggs.
Also I noticed the "EggLoop",which is where the tipit is
whipped to the hook shank,passed through the bead,egg, or pom pom,etc,then through the eye of the hook and finnally attached to the fly line via a loop.
Berkley make "Powerbait"egg clusters which would appeal to bait fishermen.

Liphooked, welcome to the forum

Thank you for the information. Hopefully Trout9 will read this soon.

Thanks for all the advice