Curious to know who out there trims their dry fly's. I spoke with a pretty reputable fly tyer recently who stated that "without a doubt" he recommends triming the bottom hackle on the dry's he ties - making A "V" shaped cut in the hackle in order to let the fly sit better on the water (p.s. this is in reference to the Catskill type dry fly's). I can see how this might help, but I was always under the assumption that you wanted the fly to stand up on as many hackle points as possible! Yes, there are benefits to having a lower sitting fly, but there's just as much benefit to having a higher sitting fly as well.
Tell me what you think!