We are on the same page:
action profile /function.
I've noticed that anglers who use lures equate them to using live bait. I guess we all have a
narrative as to why specific lures catch fish and therefore predictive of what to use and when in the future. Fish tales and generalizations are like politics - we believe what we want to based either on misinformation or disinformation supported by angler media that abounds with those two to sell lures or to appear authoritative.
That
the fish were hungry or that
shad were the chosen forage and therefore shad imitations were crucial or that a
certain fly pattern was required, etc., etc., are
titles given to the angler
narrative but of little substance. Based on underwater observations, like what you observed in real-time, confirm a lure's action/ profile and presentation which matter most.
I start my
narrative with the simple fact that
no lure resembles anything in nature and proceed from there. It gives me - and I'm sure you HJ - the freedom to try
anything that strikes our fancy hoping it will strike the fish's and I'm confident will a great majority of the time
once fish are found.