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Since the water is froze,here is a link to a Embrio egg: sit down and try to tie it. It will work awsome as soon as ice breaks.

[url "http://www.hookedfishingtackle.net/embryo.htm"]http://www.hookedfishingtackle.net/embryo.htm[/url]
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Awesome pattern, I gotta tye me some of that!
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Hey James that is one neat looking fly. A question from someone who has never fly fished (at least not with a flyrod anyways), at what point is a fly no longer a fly and it becomes a lure?
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When there's a propeller on it or it's been dipped in trout gravy[Wink]

Seriously though, you will get a few different answers on that one depending who you ask. A basic definition of a fly is natural or synthetic materials secured to a hook using a vise and tying thread.
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Not speaking for James, but to me it depends on which side of the Atlantic you're on. In GB they're all called flies or lures. Over here in the U.S. I would say a "lure" has enough weight, so when you cast it, it's the lure that propels it out to the water i.e. on a spinning rod. A fly, on the other hand, being almost next to nothing in weight, depends on the weighted flyline to get it to the water, i. e. a flyrod.
Using a spinning rod, water bubble and fly???????????????? I would say it's........fishing.
One last thing, a fly represents a natural food source for fish. Lures would be an attractor.

EA
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The Water is too muddy to go there any more, I know of several good fly patterns that require no thread, and I know of several lures that take more tying materials than flies do. Who know's? As long as it catches me fish on my fly rod and I can still respect myself in the morning!!
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