Scud And Egg Patterns

[BuschTrout22]

What size does everyone tie these in for taney?

Diff size when water is generating and not generating?

I havent tied on these patterns yet for taney and Im curious of the size

and color everyone is tying these on.

Thanks

[Danoinark]

I would tie them on 18's and 16's. Go larger if you intend to fish at night.

Dano

[BuschTrout22]

Thanks Dano, which color eggs do you tie?

Also do you weight them down at all? on a jig head perhaps? split shot?

Or just time them in and let them drift down. Does the mcfly foam or yarn tend to sink when wet?

Sorry for ignorance, never have fished them or tied them on, but I hear their great

[Danoinark]

Thanks Dano, which color eggs do you tie?

Also do you weight them down at all? on a jig head perhaps? split shot?

Or just time them in and let them drift down. Does the mcfly foam or yarn tend to sink when wet?

Sorry for ignorance, never have fished them or tied them on, but I hear their great

I don't weight them. I have used split shot 18" or so above them sometime though. I think they perform better without added weight to the hook and seem to have a more natural drift. Any yarn that is soaked will tend to sink. I have never used the McFly foam. The colors that I typically have are a peach with a red dot and an orange. I think anything close to those colors would work.

Dano

[BuschTrout22]

Outstanding. Thanks for the advice.

I hear these are deadly at taney. Can you fish these in during generation?

Or would you prefer something heavier? midge's etc?

[Danoinark]

Outstanding. Thanks for the advice.

I hear these are deadly at taney. Can you fish these in during generation?

Or would you prefer something heavier? midge's etc?

During generation you would need to add weight (split shot) to get them down quicker. But eggs are effective during high water as are San Juan Worms.

A dropper rig of egg and worm might be very effective this way. Or even a large scud and egg.

Dano

[BuschTrout22]

Dano great advice...

What size scuds do you tie? Roughly same size?

Could you possibly sneak up to a 14 on both the egg on scuds on highwater?

[Danoinark]

Dano great advice...

What size scuds do you tie? Roughly same size?

Could you possibly sneak up to a 14 on both the egg on scuds on highwater?

Scuds tied the same size. Larger for generation. Absolutely you could go to 14 without any problem. Heck during heavy generation and at night some of the guys will fish size 10 and 12 scuds and midges.

Dano

[loo10]

It is common for me to use #10 & #12 scuds when

there is generation at Taneycomo.

Good luck.

[Thom]

I have had good success tying egg patterns on 1/100 jig heads for using during generation. I have good luck on multicolored patterns. Take salmon, peach and a strand of red chennels and tie it all on. Other colors work also. I thread these colors through a straw or ink pen cartrage and tie them onto either a jig like mentioned or on a scud hook with a tungsten bead on the head. This makes a good multi pattern eggfly. The strand of red chennelle will make a red dot to come up at random simulating the red dot natural egg.

Another way I have sometimes gotten the multi pattern is to take several different colored eggs and wet them. Then I wrap them tightly for several hours until the colors bleed together and stain one another. Then take them apart aned dry so the hooks wont rust. I discovered this accidently on year after getting my fly box wet and discovering later that they had stained each other.

Using those eggs produced great results. I think they acutally match the color of a artificial egg that has fallen off the hook or was dropped into the water and rotted. All I know they look like they should be thrown away to me. Since it was all that I had that day I tried them and the fish liked them a lot.