Egg PatternbeginnerGreat Lakes
Great Lakes Egg Pattern
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Schultz Outfitters
Matched on Great Lakes, egg flies, steelhead. Michigan and Great Lakes shop lead for steelhead, trout, and smallmouth patterns.
Big Y Fly Co.
Matched on egg flies, trout, egg. Broad by-type catalog useful for common benchmark patterns and inexpensive backups.
Alaska Fly Fishing Goods
Matched on egg flies, steelhead, egg. Alaska-specific fly shop with fly categories for trout, char, grayling, salmon, and steelhead.
New England Fly Company
Matched on egg flies, trout, salmon. New England tier lead for brook trout, landlocked salmon, and coastal striper patterns.
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In the Great Lakes tributary system, the egg pattern is not a fly -- it is a religion. From the first king salmon of September to the last steelhead of April, everything in the river is eating eggs. This simple ball of yarn represents the caloric jackpot that drives the entire food web. Fly tying purists scoff. Steelheaders with bent rods shrug.
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Where to Fish It
Muskegon River
MI · Tributary
Root River
WI · Tributary
Vermilion River
OH · Tributary
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