The Perfect Clown Egg in 4K - McFly Angler Fly Tying Tutorial

Clown eggs, and egg patterns in general are a great fly to fish trout, especially stocked trout. Granted they at times have a bad rap, and I probably wouldn’t fish them on a remote stream with wild trout, but they are a wonderful option in rivers and creeks that are stocked periodically. These flies are super simple to tie, and can be tied very quickly. In fact I can bust out about 20 per hour, maybe more. I don’t tie enough of these myself for me to use the hackle plier egg dispenser method like you see some other videos on YouTube use. These pliers cost a little bit of money, and I don’t like damaging one for just this use. I am sure the vast majority of you don’t either. The material is inexpensive enough that if you tie less than 20 of these a year, you probably would be better off just dealing with a little material waste than dedicating a hackle plier for these. That being said, both techniques are viable options that end up producing the same results. Now I have no rela