I do not wing drys that I tie for my wife's & my use. The only exception to this is for the drake & hex hatches some of these flys are 3" long not including the tails! So a part of the wing does come into play. One thing though these are night hatches and you have to have a stout heart to fish these are no gentle takes :)
bob ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 1:39 AM Subject: [VFB] To Wing or Not To Wing > I know I am going to cause a heavy debate with this one so here it goes. I > know when we tie in wings on or dry patterns it makes the fly look better and > in some cases I can see how it would make it float better. Here is the > question I am asking; trout do not see the top of the fly all they see is the > "footprint", so why put wings on them? The Adams has wings but the Flightless > Adams does not and it is just as effective as its older brother and tied the > same way with the same materials. So again I ask why wings? The Mosquito > pattern calls for wings and to be honest I have tied them with and without > wings and have had better luck with the wingless variety, and only use one > hackle in the process too. Hmmmmm, one material fly swap, sounds intresting. > Might have to host that one after the Pet Hair Swap. Folks I would like to > hear your thoughts and comments on this question. > > Thanks, > Bart > >
