Aftershaft Partridge Egg (milky egg pattern)

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Re: Aftershaft Partridge Egg (milky egg pattern)

Post by crazy4oldcars » Sat Oct 31, 2015 7:05 am

:lol: Y'all funny.
I have the same issue with tying and fishing a Woolly Bugger. It just doesn't feel elegant enough. Kinda almost cheating.
Maybe that's just me....
As egg patterns go, that one's a beauty. You really ought to give it a drift anyways, in the interests of science, you know?

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Re: Aftershaft Partridge Egg (milky egg pattern)

Post by letumgo » Sun Nov 01, 2015 4:25 pm

Kirk,

I took the egg out for a swim earlier today. The fly seemed to behave well (sank slowly but steadily and seemed to bounce along the bottom during the drift). Unfortunately I did not see any fish in the pools today, so no action. It was nice being out, fishing on a sunny autumn day. It won't be long and we will be getting buried in snow again.

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Here is a photo of the fly after it has been fished. The red inner thread did not show quite as much as I'd hoped. I may need to shorten the egg yarn fibers a little bit, or add a small dab of color with a Sharpie pen. The experimentation is all part of the fun.
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Re: Aftershaft Partridge Egg (milky egg pattern)

Post by DUBBN » Sun Nov 01, 2015 4:51 pm

That turned out gorgeous!
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Re: Aftershaft Partridge Egg (milky egg pattern)

Post by DUBBN » Sun Nov 01, 2015 6:23 pm

This is a pathetic comparison to your pattern Ray. I did want to play with one and try to add the Red embryo. The two egg yarns are Oregon Cheese and Red.

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Re: Aftershaft Partridge Egg (milky egg pattern)

Post by letumgo » Sun Nov 01, 2015 6:57 pm

Perfect! I will add a few of your version to my fly box for next weekend.
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Re: Aftershaft Partridge Egg (milky egg pattern)

Post by hankaye » Sun Nov 01, 2015 7:56 pm

DUBBN, Howdy;

Ya tye a mean lookin egg sir, ...
You did them like someone that knows his eggs ... ;) , :lol:


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Re: Aftershaft Partridge Egg (milky egg pattern)

Post by crazy4oldcars » Sun Nov 01, 2015 8:19 pm

It looks fantastic wet! Sorry to hear you picked the barren part of the crick to try them out on. better luck next time. (There will be a next time, right?)
Looking at it wet, would the red thread "head" appear as the blood spot on the egg? I've never seen fish eggs in the wild. Frog eggs, yes, Salmon, no.

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Re: Aftershaft Partridge Egg (milky egg pattern)

Post by Smuggler » Mon Nov 02, 2015 4:30 pm

William Anderson wrote:As long as your fishing egg patterns, maybe store them in egg juice? I know Eric keeps his San Juan worms with his night crawlers. :twisted:
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Re: Aftershaft Partridge Egg (milky egg pattern)

Post by zen leecher » Mon Nov 02, 2015 6:59 pm

At times out here in the winter, egg patterns are the hot fly for trout. I use an intermediate line and allow the fly and line to slither across the bottom in one of our local, slow moving streams. If the weeds aren't too bad there's a lot of fish activity.
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Re: Aftershaft Partridge Egg (milky egg pattern)

Post by letumgo » Mon Nov 02, 2015 7:33 pm

Thanks for the tip Bill. I like the idea of using an intermediate sinking line. That seems like a good choice, especially when the time comes and the creek is flowing with drift ice. A sinking line helps avoid the pieces of drift ice.
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