I've noticed this before, and try to leave the skein residue in my bait loop when re-baiting...also, a piece of yarn or two simply slipped into your bait loop helps hold that shmeg in place...and allows you to squish a freshly-applied egg cluster flat while retaining some of the juices in the yarn--another technique I've found useful.

But where shmeg really shines is in castability. I've re-baited and eyed my intended drift and made a perfect cast except...yup--the eggs flew further than the terminal tackle, or hit me in the back of the head, or hit my buddy in the back of the head, who then hits ME in the back of the head...you get the picture.

When casting a fresh egg cluster, I'm forced to use a little bit of a lobbing motion, and this leads to decreased casting distance and slack in the line due to current. With shmeg, I can hammer the rockline on the opposite bank, use a sidearm cast to avoid overhangs, &c.

There are situations where I'd rather run a spherical fresh egg cluster, however, and bobber fishing is one of them. Clusters suspend better, due to their weight, whereas shmeg seeks the level of the adjacent split shot.

Sharp hooks!