In reading many of your recent posts, it appears most of you have the same fall and winter fever I experience come September.
Since I love to learn new things, I thought I would start off by sharing in hopes others will follow. Paying it forward.
I learned how to build these yarnies from a costal river guide last year at the sportsman show. He wasn't specifically teaching about these, but I saw them in with his props and beat him up with questions after the presentation.
Many of you may have other methods that work just as well or are faster. I like these because I can pre tie them while slamming back cold ones after my future fish slayer goes to bed. They load well into a typical twist style leader holder.
These yarnies are tied just like a basic egg loop, only they contain one extra step...
A typical egg loop is started by entering the line through the eye of the hook...
To snell an egg loop for a yarnie simply make and hold a loop in the line by entering the line back through the eye of the hook...
Now complete your egg loop in normal fashion...
When you’re done you'll have a hook that looks like this...
Note:
...Don't reef down on your knot yet.
...Always use spit to lubricate your knots. If you feel friction, throw it out and start over.
Enter 3-6 pieces of yarn into the back loop and hold, spit up the line wrapped shank of the hook, and pull tight on the short tag end stemming from the hooks eye...
Once your yarn is pulled tight to the shank you can trim your tag end.
Now take the little yarn afro you've created and gather it up to the top of the shank pinching it in your fingers to make a half circle...
Trim the yarn around your finger tips being careful not to touch the scissors to your line...
You end product should look something like this...
Note: This is still an egg loop. Find it near the eye of your hook and use as you wish...
Other variations:
Ear plugs cut in strips and used with the yarn...
Worms...
Corkies tied in...
The possibilities are endless.
For more specifics on tying egg loops… search the internet and or youtube.
For other knots, I like both of these sites…
www.animatedknots.com
http://www.angelfire.com/ia3/fishing/knots.htm
If you like what you’ve learned, I encourage you to share.
I’m always interested in learning about technical fishing stuff, low pressure fishing spots, etc.
I went to the coast the weekend of the recent Floatilla. Otherwise I would have enjoyed meeting some new fisherman.
A little about me...
30 something and stuck in a corporate career prolly for life.
wife, 2 year old boy, and one in the hopper.
My primary past time is fishing... coastal streams, the D, Sandy, Clack and salmon fishing at Fred's.
My favorite hook-ups are large redsides fly nymphing on the D.
I bank it frequently to avoid the extra prep time of the boats but own a 16’ Alumaweld drifter and a 16ft Smoker Lodge Series.
Tight lines________________________
Taylor
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