I agree with you 100% JC. If one knows how to ty, they should ty their flys so that they best simulate the natural. This includes the life stage of that natural and the required weight should be built into the fly.

I too are primarily the dry fly type but for those that don't ty their own flys, the use of shots may be required with subsurface patterns . If so, properly spacing the shots "may" help dampen the counter effects on a given particular fly.

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[This message has been edited by BenC (edited 05 September 2005).]