McFly Foam, Egg Yarn, Poly Yarn – There are litterally hundreds of materials out there for the fly tying enthusiast to use when creating egg flies for great lakes steelhead and migratory brown trout.  Watch the video below to find out which egg fly materials are the most important to have in your fly tying kit.

Mcfly foam, egg fly yarn, cactus chenille, polar chenille and beads are what will make up the majority of your egg fly tying material needs.  McFly foam is definitely the best material for tying egg fly patterns.  Beads provide a very life like representation of trout and salmon eggs during spawning season.