I have caught Steelhead on Marsh mellows, ear plugs(before they were called a lure), buttons from the wife's sewing kit, green rubber tubing, knitting yarn, rainier beer caps and even a piece of hot-dog years ago on the Hump.
My grandfather never threw a thing in the river but a red and chartruese piece of yarn and a very small cluster of eggs and he caught the crap out of them!
Lures, fake eggs and whatever work for whoever feels confident with them, but overall, it just does not matter.
A real good fisherman will go out and catch fish and what he uses is not as important as where and how he reads water.