FISH EGG FLIES

[alan shiels]

BOUGHT SOME FISH EGG FLIES RECENTLY,UNSURE HOW TO FISH WITH THEM.

CAN ANY BODY TELL ME HOW TO SETUP MY ROD ,WHAT LINE IS BEST,HOW DEEP DO YOU FISH THEM,WHAT SORT OF RETRIEVE DO I USE,DO I FISH THEM WITH OTHER

EGGS OR USE THEM WITH DIFFERANT LURES :confused: :confused:

[bobbyf]

Just noticed this...EGG flies, brings back memories LOL..first of all, let me say these can be deadly at one fishery and **** poor at another..ok, how to fish..sinking line obviously as they are best fished on the bottom..i used to use a Wet Cell 2(or any sinking line) fished with a 4 - 5 ft leader, I fished one dropper and obviously one on the point..I tried two different colours and fished them very very slow..like I have said, they are either deadly or poor..try them!! One other thing..sometime I used a weighted black fritz fly on the point(not gold bead)if u want tying for this just pm me..its basic with a little extra..or another tip, fish your egg fly on the point and fish a size 14 Hares ear buzzer on the dropper..Tight lines and let us know how you get on with the Eggs..

 

Oops, forgot to add, when retreiving, inch the line in...also,a very very slow figure of eight can be used but do it 'loosely' as if they want the egg they can hammer it....

 

[ 17. August 2002, 06:34 PM: Message edited by: bobbyf ]