I was fishing one of my favorite rivers in Idaho last week to some famously finicky trout and had a dry that I had tied myself. I caught a nice fish with the fly and noticed that my dubbing was coming off. I tore off what was loose and continued to fish. A couple of cast later and I was hooked up again. After inspecting the fly, there was hardly any dubbing left and it was loose. I tore the dubbing completely off of the fly and began hooking more trout on the surface on this river than I have ever hooked before. I was just wondering: coincidence, dumb trout for a day, luck, or is there something to be said for no dubbing which would equal a thin thread body. I am fairly new to tying (about 2 years), and am wondering how many people use dubbing on all of their dries and why or why not. Also, does the dubbing help or hinder the flotation of the fly. Thanks in advance.