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Otter's Soft Milking Egg

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Egg

$2.25 each

A soft translucent egg with a milking veil that closely resembles a real egg, sold in #14 in Apricot, Kiwi Opaque and Tangerine Opaque. Supinski names 'Otter Eggs' among Great Lakes winter steelhead staples; fish #14 apricot for pressured fish in low clear water from November through the May sucker spawn.

6 × $2.25 = $13.50

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Setups

Indicator nymphing · Euro / tight-line nymphing

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.
  1. Jan
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Pattern notes
Full hatch, egg, and forage links with sources.
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