Dry Fly Wings

"Ken Fortenberry" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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, but I've
quit tying in wings and I still catch fish.

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Ken Fortenberry

Most of mine are wingless as well. Such flies also last longer. Double
upright split wings are reduced to a messy clump by the first fish that
takes. Of course, wingless flies don´t look quite as nice in the box!

TL
MC

"Mike Connor" wrote in message
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Most of mine are wingless as well.

But they're not really wingless. They have hackle wings. I don't think a
no-hackle dry fly without wings would do so well.

"jeffc" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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"Mike Connor" wrote in message
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Most of mine are wingless as well.

But they're not really wingless. They have hackle wings. I don't think a
no-hackle dry fly without wings would do so well.

"Wingless" in the sense of previous posts, no other wings except for hackle.
Having said that, this also applies to mayflies. For Caddis and other things
I use EXTRA wings, over and above any hackle etc.

The point being, that one can skip tying in extra wings on many flies,
without any apparent detriment to their catching ability, and indeed, to
their general robustness.

TL
MC