The Only Brown Trout Eggs Pattern You Need (Download Pattern)

If you love fly fishing for brown trout, you know it’s crucial to carry some egg fly patterns in your fly box.  For trout, eggs are high protein energy pills.  Think about how easy it is for browns to eat eggs, just position downstream, and wait for the food to drift by.  Heck, eggs don’t even swim away like baitfish. The perfect meal.

All kinds of egg patterns are effective for catching brown trout, but the Estaz Egg fly pattern has proven to be super a producer when other egg patterns are being rejected.  I believe it’s a combination of looking egg like and fleshy.  Brown trout are usually on a feeding frenzy just as the salmon spawning season has finished.  Meaning lots of eggs and decomposing salmon in the river.

I have seen huge fishes like brown trout and salmons swim for more than 4 feet to consume an Estaz egg, and they can swim aggressively to inhale these eggs. Therefore, this article will show you the only brown trout egg pattern you need for your next fishing trip. We’ll also show you how to tie it and everything you’ll need for a successful journey.

What Is the Only Brown Trout Egg Pattern You Need?

Brown trout are beautiful European salmonid species found in various environments. Brown trout includes the anadromous sea trout and lake trout that you can find in freshwater. (source) The Brown trout has gained a high value for centuries, and even though they’re native to the European nations, many introduced them to some of the major lakes in the United States, including the Great Lakes.

Therefore, you need a reliable dry fly that can work in saltwater and freshwater. So before settling on any pattern, you should first find out what the brown trout in your fishing destination consume and the spawning season. Fortunately, you can never go wrong with an estaz egg pattern.

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The Estaz Eggs Pattern

Estaz eggs pattern is an exceptional pattern that’s very easy to tie but still very effective. They can work perfectly in both freshwater and saltwater. The estaz egg patterns can attract both medium and large-sized trout. So, if your plan is going for a huge catch, you need a few of these egg flies.

Luckily, there are several variations of the estaz egg fly you can try, with most of them varying in color combinations. Some of the most common colors include peach, pink, chartreuse, and bright orange (the standard color of the Brown trout eggs).

Things To Consider When Trying Your Egg Fly

• Size
• Color
• Behavior
• Silhouette

So, when tying your estaz egg fly, you should consider the size of the eggs in the region; after all, a larger egg fly can attract a massive catch in some places like saltwater lakes. The first thing you should consider is size, with most eggs over 52mm thick.

Most eggs are round, so you should ensure that your eggs are cylindrical or round; this way, the fish can see them as cylindrical when swimming in the water. most of the eggs range in color from orange to yellow, so you should keep this in mind when preparing for your next fly fishing trip. (source)

How To Tie the Estaz Egg Pattern?

As aforementioned, there are several variations of the estaz egg; therefore, you can pick an option that works perfectly. Remember, the water condition where you plan on fishing matters a lot; plus, most of these fish species prefer murky waters over the clear lakes and rivers. Cloudy water provides more security. For this fly pattern, you need the following ingredients:

• Hook: Daiichi 1120, size eight hook
• Tying thread: Chartreuse 6/0
• Veil: Hareline Dubbin Egg Veil White
• Body: Pearl chartreuse and petite ESTAZ CHENILLE
• Tail (optional): Crystal Flash
• Your fly tying kit

Tying an Estaz Fly

Step 1: Secure the Hook to Your Vise

To avoid getting injured while tying your fly and also gain better control of your workstation, the first thing you should do is secure your hook to the vise. Remember, the hook is sharp, and if mishandled, it can break your skin, so you have to be careful when tying the eggs’ pattern. So make sure you have all your fly tying kits ready before working on your flies. (source)

Step 2: Create the Nucleus Part of the Egg

Start by tying the thread a couple of times on the hook to create the foundation, and then you can add the sparkle yarn to form the nucleus. Tie the sparkle yarn over the thread a couple of times before securing it with the thread. The sparkle yarn and an orange thread can create a unique nucleus that the brown trout can spot from a few feet away.

Make sure the nucleus resembles a yoke of some sort that, in most cases, we can’t see, but it does help since the fish can spot them. The nucleus can make the egg fly more appealing to the trout while giving it the needed shape of an egg which in most cases is oval. (source)

Step 3: Create the Body

The body is one of the most crucial parts of any egg fly pattern, so make sure you use the right petite estaz chartreuse. You can use any color that blends perfectly with the eggs found in the place you plan on fishing. But in our case, we use a bright orange estaz.

You can start by securing the estaz at the tip with your thread, but don’t go cheap on it and tie it tightly onto the hook. Instead, it should be loosely attached to the hook, so make sure you connect the estaz yarn about 3 to 4 times over. You can secure the ends of the estaz with your thread. (source)

Step 4: Create the Veil

Once the body part of the fly is ready, you can add the veil. The veil can help us detect the fly when it’s sinking or drifting in the water while attracting the trout. Another key benefit of the veil is making it easy to remove the hook after reeling the fish in.

After all, a piece of the veil remains outside the fish’s teeth while trying to swallow the egg fly, so it does help us unhook the fish after catching it without causing more injuries.

You need a UV white glo bug yarn to create the veil that stands out when submerged underwater.

Procedures In Preparing the Veil

• Start by cutting about 2.5 inches of the veil and then split it into several pieces.
• Turn them into sheets; a 2.5 inches long glo bug yarn can help you build about six flies.
• Put the sheet halfway over the hook and tie the middle part with your thread.
• Pull the other hanging half over the tip of the hook over the egg fly and secure it using and secure it before reducing its size.

Most folks prefer creating their estaz eggs using the primary colors that help them stand out, and it can easily attract the brown trout. So you can try red, orange, green, and even pink, but make sure it can easily blend with the eggs laid by the species in your next fly fishing destination. (source)

Fishing With an Estaz Egg Fly

When fishing with egg flies, preparation is everything, so you need to use them during the right time when most species are laying eggs in the water. And in most cases, this is usually in November in most water bodies. There will be many drifting eggs during the spawning season while others remain between rocks; therefore, the big brown trout will swim to the surface to consume them.  

Luckily, an estaz egg fly works perfectly with a wide range of fly fishing gear, but you will have to dead drift this dry fly with an indicator. In most water bodies, the spawning season is usually in November, and during this month, the drifting eggs are the primary source of food.

These egg flies work with a wide range of lines and rods; hence, the estaz fly perfectly works when fishing from the shores of the stream or river.

One More Cast and Final Thoughts

Nothing brings more joy and satisfaction to fly anglers than catching the biggest Brown trout in the water. Unfortunately, most of them love hiding and can only come out during feeding, so you need the correct dry fly pattern that can quickly get their attention even when they are not feeding. Proper planning also matters a lot, so you should visit the river during the spawning season, and what a better fly to do the trick than an estaz egg pattern. An estaz pattern can easily attract big trout even when not feeding.

Sources 

1. Wikipedia contributor, Brown Trout, Accessed May 19, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_trout#Diet/
2. YouTube Contributor, Fall Brown Trout, and Egg Flies Accessed May 19, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWnUiXd9F6o/.
3. YouTube Contributor, Egg Patterns for Steelhead & Trout, Accessed May 19, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfVpm1jFB1E