I suck at tying egg patterns

[Neal Osborn]

I told my wife I would tie a fly box for an auction she is doing.

[Abe Mathews]

Neal-

I suck at them too.

[keith b]

Neal,
Are you trying to get a nice round egg pattern?

As for the y2k, are you taking about an inch of material (egg yarn) and splitting it in half length ways)?

[Rob Snowhite]

What I’ve learned over the years:

Less material (McFly foam > egg yarn)
Sharp scissors – 1 cut only, closer to hook = smaller egg
Strong thread

take a look at Loren’s tutorial:
http://www.flyguysoutfitting.com/eggpatterntutorials.html

[Mark Schafer]

Neal,
Perhaps your being to hard on yourself let us see one of these sucky eggs of yours.
MS

[Zach Matthews]

Hey Neal –

First of all, Y2Ks and egg patterns are tied kinda differently.  The Y2K was invented by a dude in Fayetteville, Arkansas – I first saw it at a shop there called Ripple Outfitters that is now out of business.  They were tying custom orders based on his pattern.  Now it’s everywhere; kinda funny.  I wish I could remember his name – I think he was a retired U of A professor.

Anyway, Y2Ks should be tied with Egg Yarn, rather sparse, on a delta cut.  The method is similar to tying a standard egg pattern but the result is pretty different.

I won’t walk you through tying an egg step by step because you probably know it colder than I ever will.  I’ve found that Kevlar thread and McFly Foam are key for getting quality egg patterns without much fuss.  They can order you some McFlyFoam in the Fish Hawk.  They have Kevlar there too – get the light colored, thin stuff.

The key to the egg pattern is to let the first hank of material slide around to the opposite side to lock before you place the second hank on.  Tie both hanks on in the middle.

[Neal Osborn]

Thanks y’all.

[robert lee]

For me, the key to either a good glow bug or Y2k is making sure that you get good tension down on the yarn.

[lee church]

Fish beads then…those are really easy to tie!

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