	THE EGG YARN NOTHING SPECIAL Courtesy of Max AKA FlashBackMax A little History It was a sunny day when we arrived at the Klutina River near Copper Center in July of 03'. There were a few people milling around as we pulled into the campsite, but not too many. The water was up as it was quite warm at the time. Our campsite faced the river and it was hard to get out of the RV and tear yourself away from its mesmerizing flow. The current was extremely fast. Branches and the occasional tree rolled down river right in front of us. However if you watched carefully you'd see the back, tail, or sometimes the whole body of fish come out of the water. That was motivation enough. Eager to fish, we got suited up and hit the river. There were a few other anglers there, but hardly what you would expect for some of the rumors we'd been hearing. Several of them appeared to be using the traditional coho style flies with the long shank hook and bucktail dressing. However I'd done some serious research before our trip and in talking to several people had found out that a offset hook worked the best. So myself in my naïve, unknowing nature went to the store and bought some wide gap offset hooks. Little did I dream they'd work as good as they did. Long story short, we were there for two days. I lost track after 50 fish about half way through the first day, but there were more, many many more. I dare say I have never been that sore in my whole life. It almost got to be embarrassing, it defiantly sounds as if I‘m bragging now(but I‘m not). Throw in, catch fish. It was that good. Some guys were catching fish on other stuff, however that wide gap, off-set hook really seemed to make the difference. Try it and let me know how you do. Materials Hook: Eagle claw LO42FS in #4 Thread: Hot orange 6/0 Winging material: egg yarn, I'm using orange roe but you could feasibly use any color you wish Step 1 - Insert the hook in the vice and wrap the first third of the shank with thread. Step 2 - Take length of egg yarn and holding onto both ends gently pull it apart. You are left with a nice tapered end. Step 3 - Take the egg yarn and tie it in. Sort of let the hook move up into the middle of the clump so you're more or less tying the material 'around" the hook rather than on top of it. Step 4 - Wrap in the egg yarn nice and tight. Wrap up a nice head, whip-finish, and you're done This one ain't nothing special either!!!! Courtesy of Max AKA FlashBackMax

THE EGG YARN NOTHING SPECIAL

Courtesy of Max

AKA

FlashBackMax

A little History

It was a sunny day when we arrived at the Klutina River near Copper Center in July of 03'. There were a few people milling around as we pulled into the campsite, but not too many. The water was up as it was quite warm at the time. Our campsite faced the river and it was hard to get out of the RV and tear yourself away from its mesmerizing flow. The current was extremely fast. Branches and the occasional tree rolled down river right in front of us. However if you watched carefully you'd see the back, tail, or sometimes the whole body of fish come out of the water. That was motivation enough.
Eager to fish, we got suited up and hit the river. There were a few other anglers there, but hardly what you would expect for some of the rumors we'd been hearing. Several of them appeared to be using the traditional coho style flies with the long shank hook and bucktail dressing. However I'd done some serious research before our trip and in talking to several people had found out that a offset hook worked the best. So myself in my naïve, unknowing nature went to the store and bought some wide gap offset hooks. Little did I dream they'd work as good as they did.

Long story short, we were there for two days. I lost track after 50 fish about half way through the first day, but there were more, many many more. I dare say I have never been that sore in my whole life. It almost got to be embarrassing, it defiantly sounds as if I‘m bragging now(but I‘m not). Throw in, catch fish. It was that good. Some guys were catching fish on other stuff, however that wide gap, off-set hook really seemed to make the difference. Try it and let me know how you do.

Materials

Hook: Eagle claw LO42FS in #4

Thread: Hot orange 6/0

Winging material: egg yarn, I'm using orange roe but you could feasibly use any color you wish

Step 1 - Insert the hook in the vice and wrap the first third of the shank with thread.

Step 2 - Take length of egg yarn and holding onto both ends gently pull it apart. You are left with a nice tapered end.

Step 3 - Take the egg yarn and tie it in. Sort of let the hook move up into the middle of the clump so you're more or less tying the material 'around" the hook rather than on top of it.

Step 4 - Wrap in the egg yarn nice and tight. Wrap up a nice head, whip-finish, and you're done

This one ain't nothing special either!!!!