I tend to be more with JC. The game is to fool the fish. Start with something that looks like what he is eating at the time, switch to something that looks like something he might want to eat, and resort to Claymore's if none of that other stuff works. Oh, and don't forget the good old wimph (worm).

Realisticly, I rarely fish anything but imitators except for steelhead and nite browns. There is almost always something hatching. Watch the birds. They will tell you. And if not, just enjoy the stream. #2 muddlers can rightly be called an imitator weather you are doing minnow, sculpin, mouse, or frog with them. Truth known, I don't use explosives or bait either though I have felt the urge.

Bob