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Clown Egg (Rag Egg)

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EggManistee River float-fishing guides

$2.25 each

A multi-color yarn rag egg that Hawkins calls 'a deadly fly' under a float on the Manistee and that 'will fool most salmon and steelhead.' Chuck Hawkins sizes it dime-sized in pinks and oranges before runoff, quarter-sized in chartreuse, orange and bright yellow during runoff, and muted afterward; Kraimer fishes a quarter-sized Clown as the attractor above a smaller realistic egg. Fish it under an 8 to 20 g float or chuck-and-duck from fall through April.

6 × $2.25 = $13.50

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Setups

Indicator nymphing · Chuck and duck

When to fish it on the Two Hearted River
Part of the Two Hearted River box. Months the fly finder calls for this pattern here, for steelhead, chinook salmon, coho salmon.
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Pattern notes
Full hatch, egg, and forage links with sources.