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Colonel:  Where are you from?  The Mohawk Valley I see--- I am from Gloversville and wonder if you live anywhere nearby.  I also notice that you are a band director.....my wife is a music teacher.  I too lurk a lot here and don't post too often.  I'm not a real avid Salmon fisherman, primarily because it coincides with hunting season, but I do make a few trips over there each year and enjoy in immensely.

Hey CF- Welcome aboard. Do I know you under another name? Don't sweat the small stuff- every site is different.
I don't make the glue eggs, but I have all colors of the glue & a couple of guns.
Someone put a thread up on the old board making a glue egg with glow in the dark thread wrapped on the hook shank before gluing. I got all of this stuff & tried unsuccessfully to make some. That box has been collecting dust for a few years now.

glue eggs are fun !!!  if you use clear glue--white looking--general glue stick........it turns creamy when you put it in water to hold the shape.......put colored thread wraps on the hook where the egg will go........you can get some cool effects.........the coolest looking eggs are when you are changing colors and they bleed into each other.........nice swirly effects.....cool.....I like the clearer color glues......but solid pinks and greens work also........
 
a rotary vise is a must.......I have a dan vise that I bought over 10 years ago........it is still kicking butt and I tie flies from size 26 midges to honker salmon flies........
 
I tied a few the other week for a swap..........I prepped over 100 ESL by placing the moe or glue head on the hook.....I tie them in stages.........get all the eggs on the hooks, then when the time feels right.....I tie up the bodies........
 
 
YO CF.......welcome aboard, plenty of great insight from guys who fish the river a lot........the forum gets silent every now and then......but as of late.....plenty of chatter................
 
also, the thread acts as a base for the glue to adhere to.............

Eagle, I'm originally from the little village of Mohawk, but currently live in Richfield Springs.  Been a band director for 11 years now.  What area does your wife teach?  Vocal, Instrumental, General, all?  It's a tough gig, makes finding time to fish very difficult.  I usually have to settle for weekends, though I manage to find a week day or two during the season.

salmontrutta - It's certainly possible that you know me by a different name, but it certainly isn't the controversial Bosnian guy I was accused of being. Wild stuff there.  I thought he was hilarious until they decided I was him.  Glue eggs definitely take some practice, but with the number of flies you can go through in a day up there it's worth getting good at them because they simply work and save me some money.

2Bon - I love the idea of using the glue for ESL heads, definitely going to try that.  Prepping them in advance is a nice idea as well.  Thanks!

Thanks for the warm welcome.  Hoping to get up to the river this weekend but I think the wife may have other plans....ugh.

hey salmo, what are your home waters?

Salmo,you live in or near the best trout fishing in Pennsylvania,and a pretty area to boot.Lucky you.