Or you could just buy a jar of Powerbait :) -Jeff
I'll take that as a joke, Jeff. *wink*
I can count the number of times on one hand that I have used egg patterns while fly fishing, but for many Pacific Northwest steelhead flyfishers, egg patterns are a standard resident in the flybox. For trout fishers, the current hot 'fly' on the Crooked River is something resembling a whitefish egg.
It's not my intent to resurrect the old lure/bait vs. fly debate, I would think the makeup of VFB includes people who prefer never to use anything artificial in their flies all the way to folks who have used flies that have nothing natural in their makeup.
My enjoyment in fly fishing lies more in exploring new techniques than treading traditional pathways. This goes way back...when I was a teenager, I took first place at the Research & Development event at a national meet of the National Association of Rocketry (NAR). So this is just the way I'm put together.
And sometimes the fish even cooperate and get fooled by a new creation...and I find that quite exciting. Maybe I need professional help *g*.
Wes Wada Bend, Oregon
"It is better to ride the horse in the direction it is going" -Native American proverb
