Quote Originally Posted by planettrout View Post
Donald,
I happen to agree that one probably may not be able to "own" a fly pattern. What fried my bacon, was another person presenting this particular pattern as their own original design and SELLING it as such. Whenever I post a pattern on my BLOG, I do my utmost to credit the original designer - if known.[SNIP]
Sadly, this is a minority view, and one I share as well. I've seen young and old tiers claim credit for work that was not theirs, sometimes unintentionally, more often on purpose. The only way to stop this is to not share your patterns with anyone, but what would be the fun in that. If you are going to post patterns on a blog, then you can only expect this happen. This is no where near the most egregious rip-off I've seen, and this problem is as old as fly tying itself, I imagine.