Egg Imitations

[whitewatersalvo]

Does anyone want to help a classic stillwater fisherman who is trying to learn the river life with egg imitations.

My main question is whether or not trout will hit them year round, or if they only hit when the salmon/steelhead are running (I understand that it would be better at this time, but has anyone had any luck at other times?). Also wondering if you can swing egg's with an indicator like you would with a Nymph or if you dead drift them.

Also. Just as a point of interest, there are still steelhead in the upper Bronte, near Kilbride.

[GrouseWhisperer]

Eggs~you might get one to take this time of year, but you'd have to find a curious fish and present it well. If all I had was egg patterns fishing for trout in early June~I'd probably stay home and cut the grass instead. Having said that, I've seen hatchery escapees in a brown trout river spawning (or going through the motions) in the summer and was lucky that my buddy had a yarn egg attched to the brim of his ball cap. lol The fish nailed it. I'd call that a VERY flukey situation though. So no...not a great fly this time of year in my estimation.

Swinging~I've had steelhead smack yarn eggs at the end of a drift when I was about to pick-up and re-cast. However, consider how they occur naturally (=dead drift) and use them that way.

[BryanG]

Go with big stoneflys