One of the first things my uncle taught me was how to tie an egg loop knot. He sat there and handed me hooks and leaders until I had tied 50 rigs. Then he taught me to cure salmon and steelhead eggs. We could walk to the river back then, or take the pickup when grandma wasn’t looking, and we’d drown steelhead eggs to catch more steelhead.
From where I live now, the nearest steelhead run is a two-day walk, but I’ve started tying egg loop knots and curing eggs again, albeit on a smaller scale. My
