Bob,

I think I understand your point and agree. Hey, when the surface is flat and no fish rising any dry, even a specific imitation, might be considered a 'searching' pattern at that particular rime, right? By the way, and this is not in response to anything you wrote, there are many renown fishers going back to the 19th century, who used the Royal Coachman - which is generally thought of as an 'attractor' - to imitate flying ants. Very successfully, according to the literature.