I know that road all too well myself. I won't pretend to speak for anybody but myself...but i've found over the years, far more success with impressionistic patterns when it came to trout numbers. The impression of legs....the impression of segmentation....the impression of an emerger....the impression of a trailing shuck....etc. The closer I tied towards realism, the lower the catch rate. Countless patterns went by the wayside before I finally caught on. I'm a little slow sometimes.