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Steve Burke's Salmon and Steelhead Fly-Tying Guide
Double Egg Sperm Fly
Tied By Scott Howell

Double Egg Sperm Fly, Tied By Scott Howell
Name Double Egg Sperm Fly
Category Salmon/Steelhead
Hook Partridge CS10/1 Bartleet Traditional - Size #2
Tip/Tag Fine Gold Oval Tinsel
Tail Golden Pheasant Crest
Body 2 'eggs' formed with HareLine Dark Roe hot glue - divided by Flat Gold Tinsel
CollarHot Orange Hen Hackle
WingFl White Calftail accented with sparse Gold Lite-Brite
HeadDanville no-wax 6/0 Fl-Fire Orange Flymaster thread

This glue gun variation of the Double Egg Sperm Fly was tied by regular contributing fly tyer Scott Howell. The original version was tied with chenille "eggs" (which see). You can see more of Scott Howell's flies at The Flies of Scott Howell. See his notes about this fly below.

Scotty's Notes: Originated in the mid-1960's for Salmon and Steelhead in Alaska, this popular pattern is tied in many florescent colors, both weighted and unweighted, and is also known as the Two-Egg Sperm Fly.


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