Nope--I'm not a San Juan angler so you obviously have some local dilemmas to deal with. Yuck! The trout and steelhead I fish for ignroe the hook to a larger degree so I can tie trout sized eggs on larger hooks.

I do think the yarn looks better, the foam is easier to tie with. You cannot be delicate with them or they do not work out right. C. Craven's dubbing loop egg is probably what you really ought to be using on hooks that small. They are a nice tie of you have really finicky fish...unecessary time expense if you don't.