Fly Library

Egg Patterns

Egg patterns imitate the single most calorie-dense food item in a trout stream during spawning season. Simple to tie and deadly effective, egg flies are a must-have from late summer through winter.

6 patterns in this category

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Glo Bug

When trout are gorging on eggs, nothing else comes close.

Sizes 10–16

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Nuke Egg

The Nuke Egg is a smaller, more translucent version of the Glo Bug, tied with McFlyFoam for a realis

Sizes 12–16

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Y2K Bug

The Y2K Bug features a bright center dot surrounded by a translucent veil of egg yarn, imitating a f

Sizes 10–14

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Sucker Spawn

The Sucker Spawn imitates a diffuse cluster of eggs rather than a single egg, using loosely tied McF

Sizes 10–14

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Blood Dot Egg

A realistic egg pattern featuring a contrasting red or orange dot in the center of a pale egg body,

Sizes 10–14

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Egg Pattern

Simple yarn or chenille egg patterns imitate fish eggs drifting in the current during spawning seaso

Sizes 10–16