Tying With Semperfli EggStatic

Semperfli EggStatic - A New Slush Egg material

Why Fish Eggs For A Fly Fisherman?

Simple really, we try as fly fisherman to match the hatch and in every stillwater and river because we will find fish eggs or roe during sometime of the year. Every size of egg is targeted by fish species targeting  fish roe provides the highest amount of protein, by volume, compared to any other stream/lake food. With our matching the hatch we need egg flies as part of our fishing arsenal.

Eggs come in a vast variety of colors, translucent and bright getting more dense fading to white when they die.  Brown trout, steelhead, rainbow trout, brook trout, cutthroat, bass and many fish species will eat eggs as they are large chunks of protein giving energy to fish to continue their growth.

Fish Roe Colors

Natural fish roe comes in a range of colors according to species and can even vary within species. Typical roe colors include: black, red, silver-gray, amber, brown, gold, orange, yellow and rreen.

With our advanced fully computerised dyeing facilities Semperfli is able to dye to match natural egg colors and also produce hot spot attractor colors to provide huge variety of egg flies.

Fish Roe Sizes

The smallest egg sizes we find in  rivers and lakes are usually in the 1mm to 2 mm size for the many sucker species, whitefish, crayfish, and frogs. They can then vary from 1.6mm for largemouth bass, 2.3mm for smallmouth bass, 3.5mm to 4.5mm for trout through to large rainbow trout, brown trout and cutthroat trout. Steelhead and salmon species in this range including sockeye salmon, pink salmon and arctic char have eggs 6mm diameter to large salmon whose eggs are 8mm to 10mm.

Why Have Semperfli Created EggStatic?

Looking at the market many fly fishermen used egg yarn to tie their egg flies, we knew it could be made easier to tie egg flies. Looking at our own blob chenilles we decided we could create something much better to specifically match fish roe and developed specifications for EggStatic which include:

• a continuous material making it easy to tie
• fibres which became translucent when wet to make them appear more roe like
• tintable irise sparkle tinsel embedded for extra attraction
• fully bonded core to stop yarn breaking apart
• fully dyeable including core in range of colors to match fish roe colors and hot spot attractor colors

From the specifications the Semperfli R&D team developed a new Slush Fibre which appears translucent and like an egg when wet. We have developed a range of dye colors which match eggs in nature or are colors that will stimulate bites, a stunning range dyed in our fully computerised dyeing machine, the first in the Industry.

Tying With EggStatic

Tie in your base thread down the hook shank to the hook bend. Remove the end fibres from the EggStatic to expose the core and tie this in at the bend. Wind forward to the eye and tie off and simply whip finish.

Semperfli Egg Pattern Suggestions

Fly Dry	Wet Fly	Materials
		Egg Fly Choose from the amazing array of colors of EsggStatic.  Tie in your base thread down the hook shank to the hook bend. Remove the end fibres from the EggStatic to expose the core and tie this in at the bend. Wind forward to the eye and tie off and simply whip finish. (Peach EggStatic Shown)
		Weighted Egg Fly Add a tungsten or brass head to the head of your hook and then simply wrap Semperfli EggStatic! to the head and tie off. Choose from the amazing array of EggStatic colors (Fl Atomic Yellow shown with Semperfli Fl Yellow tungsten bead)
		Bio Color Egg Fly Simply tie in one color of EggStatic to the rear and another color to the front. For a heavy weighted fly that will sit on the bottom of the water use a tungsten bead on the head (Grape and Dead Egg White EggStatic shown with Semperfli copper color tungsten bead
		SiIiLeg Egg Fly Simply tie in Semperfli SiliLegs to the body when you are half way down the fritz wrapping to allow the eggs to protrude out and create additional movement and stimulation. Use one color of EggStatic or even 2 or 3 colors as takes your fancy. (Fluoro Red EggStatic shown with Semperfli fluoro red color tungsten bead and Red and Gold SiliLegs) For faster waters use Semperfli SiliLegs which will move in the water creating extra attraction. Wind in SiliLegs once the EggStatic has been wound half way up the shank and the EggStatic will push these legs out creating a more mobile egg fly.
		Spotted Roe Egg Fly Simply tie in Semperfli Roe Wool to the body when you are half way down the fritz wrapping to create that roe 'dot' seen on eggs. Use one color of EggStatic or even 2 or 3 colors as takes your fancy. (Powder Pink EggStatic shown with Semperfli gold color tungsten bead and Red Roe Wool)
		Foam Arsed Egg Fly Simply tie in a 6mm foam tube then wrap over with one color of EggStatic or even 2 or 3 colors as takes your fancy. (Powder Pink EggStatic shown with Semperfli gold color tungsten bead and Red Roe Wool)
		Mopster Tailed Egg Fly Tie in Semperfli Mopster Chenille with its amazing vibrant sparkle as a tail. Use approx double the hook length of Mopster and tie down the hook shank then wrap EggStatic over to leave a mobile vibrant tail Create even more vibrance and attraction using a tail of Mopster. Simply tie in a length of mopster twice the length of the hook as the tail then wrap over with one color of EggStatic or even 2 or 3 colors as takes your fancy. (Powder Pink EggStatic shown with Semperfli gold color tungsten bead and Red Roe Wool)
		Veiled Egg Fly Use any of the above egg styles and add a single turn of Semperfli 30mm XXL Fry Chenille like you add a hackle for spider fly patterns. With a single turn, especially the white Fry Chenille you create a fly where the EggStatic glows through the synthetic hackle. (Grape and Fluoro Red EggStatic shown with Semperfli Mottled White color tungsten bead and a single turn of White Semperfli Egg Chenille as a hackle)