"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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It's at this point that someone always says You ain't never
fished the glass smooth, crystal clear waters of Some Creek
where the trout all have PhDs and eyes like microscopes. I
suppose there may be some circumstances where a dry fly with
a wing will catch fish where one without will not, but I've
quit tying in wings and I still catch fish.


well, I do fish some springfed Creeks with pretty picky trout, but pretty
much agree with you on this one.....as long as we are talking of mayflies.
Venture into caddis and stones, and wings are very much necessary, and on my
streams, there are plenty of caddis and stoneflies. Once in a great while, I
seem to find wings useful on mayfly imitations for MY purposes, mostly
visibility. Only two hatches in PA seem to dictate trying a realistic wing:
certain sulfurs with darkish wings and some of the darker winged Blue Wing
Olives.
Still, I tie my personal flies sans wings most of the time and the fish
don't care enough to faze me.
Tom