Tim Lysyk wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
Buxc wrote:
Is an egg pattern cheating? (Glo-bugs as we call them in N.Z)

... It does have more in common with bait fishing than
fly fishing, if that's what you mean.

Why does using an egg pattern have more in common with bait fishing than fly
fishing? Is because one is using a pattern that resembles something used by
bait fishermen? If so, would using a hopper pattern have more in common with
bait fishing than fly fishing?

Or is it because the egg pattern is drifted below the surface?

A hopper is constructed of fur and feathers and is fished like
a fly. An egg pattern, no matter how constructed, is fished
exactly the same way you would fish an actual egg plucked straight
out of the jar. Not that using an egg pattern is "cheating" (where
legal), it's perfectly acceptable for those who want to fish
that way, but it is more like bait fishing than fly fishing and
some fly fishermen, me included, eschew it.

It's strictly a personal choice, not "cheating" at all (where legal).

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Ken Fortenberry