Nuke Egg |
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| Hook: | Orvis 1639; Size 14 |
| Thread: | Uni 6/0; Rust Brown |
| Egg: | Dark Orange McFly Foam |
| Halo: | Champagne or Cotton Candy Glo-Bug Yarn |
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Tying notes: Start thread and put down thread base 3/4 way to bend. Work thread back to middle and tie in McFly foam on top of hook and trim to round just like tying an egg pattern. Take thread back to front of egg. Take a short piece of bug yarn and pull off small piece of that lengthwise. Fan out material to make a very thin square piece; try to make thin sheen of material as uniform in thickness as possible to avoid any clumping when tying in. Take material and poke over eye of the hook in the middle and tie in half on opposite side of hook with one turn, then fold back material on near side of hook and tie in. Hold bug yarn back over egg and make a couple more turns
to secure material and finish. Trim yarn to back of egg. This pattern isn't done justice until you put it in the water. Tie one up and drop it in a cup of water and seeing is believing. Bug yarn becomes translucent and makes the egg look milky in the water. The best producing egg pattern I've tried. |
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