happen to have the article about the color of egg that the fish take? I've looked for it recently but couldn't find it.
Ry-
Unfortunately I don't but I remember having read something about this before either in online reading or possibly in the Nagy book on Great Lakes Steelhead. If you don't have tt, I suggest you pick that up. I too would be interested in reading the study if anyone has the link.
The Meck video gets me thinking of a variation of a scrambled egg pattern that I should try. Yellow with a black line in the center. Hmmmm.
Millertime-
I *think* I got blue yarn from NC Fly Shop, but it was not recently. If he doesn't have it, I'm sure he'll get it for you. I'd also venture to say that you can find it at one of the shops in Erie. FishUSA.com didn't have blue, but they have plenty of other colors.
A few random observations I've noticed:
My Sucker Spawn material of choice is hands down Angora: baby pink, cream/yellow pale chartreuse and blue are my most successful colors. Pale tones do better in clear water, whereas hot colors are best for stained or colored water--chartruese, orange, red, purple, hot pink
The Glo Bug Micro Yarn works nice for sucker spawn too I've tied a variation of the tradtional pattern in blue with chartruese as the nuclei and have done well with it. Blue/pink is another good choice for this.
McFly foam works best for glo bugs IMHO, whereas the Glo Bug Yarn is my preference for scrambled egg patterns.
Don't forget Estaz Eggs, there are few patterns that are easier to tie than these. Chartreuse, Orange, Blue, Pink are all good color choices.
