Hey Tom, The egg is an underrated pattern, except by salmon/steelhead folks. I tend to use my pattern (Al's Shadow egg) and the Glo Bug the most, but have taken a liking to the glue gun egg. I use them as trailers in the spring and fall, but have been known to use them all year. Small egg patterns are killers when used as trailers.
I haven't tried your method, but have done the glue gun gig. Pretty easy to do with single eggs. I've done the two tone egg, one color first, let it cool and then put a second lighter color over it to get a halo two tone affect. Cheers, Alberta Al -----Original Message----- From: Tom Davenport [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 10:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [VFB] Hot Glue Eggs I actually made up a bunch today, using the technique I described. It was much easier than my previous attempts using a glue gun, but the most pleasing thing was the blending that resulted from melting in different colors of glue. You can make an extremely realistic egg. Whether it will fish better than a good old glo-bug remains to be seen. I have always thought of the egg pattern as a seasonal fly, I usually use them in the fall when the Browns spawn, or later in the winter when White fish are doing their thing. I have had good success with the glo-bug and the LaFontaine patter that uses marabou tied in a half circle over a body of pink antron yarn. It occurred to me while making these eggs that it would be easy to replace the antron in that pattern with a hot glue body, which might make it an even better fly. Anyway, next time I am in a situation where an egg pattern is called for I will tie both the hot glue and glo-bug versions on together and see which one works best. It is always fun to learn something new. On Saturday, March 15, 2003, at 09:24 PM, Tom Davenport wrote: > I just got back from the SLC Sportsman's Expo and learned a new (for > me anyway) method of making egg patterns from hot glue sticks. An > alcohol lamp was used instead of a glue gun, and forceps instead of a > vice. First small chips of glue sticks are cut off on the tying > table. Then the hook shank is heated and allowed to melt into one of > the chips. This gentleman started with a clear glue chip. Then the > chip was heated quickly over the flame until it melted into a bead. > The hot bead was used to pick up a chip of a different color (a kind > of cheese orange glue stick, available at most fly shops). The bead > was placed over the fire again and the new color melted into the > clear. Finally a bit of a red opaque color was used. The result was > a very realistic looking egg, and the whole process was quick and very > easy since the egg could always be re-shaped with just a little more > heating if it didn't look right. When he had the result he wanted, > the whole thing was popped into a glass of water to set the glue. > Very slick indeed. > > Has anyone had success using hot glue stick eggs? How well do they > perform compared to the more imitative glo-bug? > > Tom Davenport > This communication is for use by the intended recipient and contains information that may be privileged, confidential or copyrighted under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby formally notified that any use, copying or distribution of this e-mail, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Unless explicitly and conspicuously designated as "E-Contract Intended", this e-mail does not constitute a contract offer, a contract amendment, or an acceptance of a contract offer. This e-mail does not constitute a consent to the use of sender's contact information for direct marketing purposes or for transfers of data to third parties. Francais Deutsch Italiano Espanol Portugues Japanese Chinese Korean http://www.DuPont.com/corp/email_disclaimer.html
