I've tried the egg loop but have never fished skein, does the egg fall off? The ones I have are starting to come apart so I think it's I'd have to scrape it. I dunno I'm too delicate with it, actually, i didn't want to loose eggs so i tied then in roe bags.. A buddy of mine gave me some salmon roe last fall and I just finished it this year and this one had some skein on, I tied them with skein on and it worked but I do however wanna try what you suggested, I can see why it is deadly, with all the color and smell to it, I would think it would be hard to resist.