Quote Originally Posted by okflyfisher View Post


I like to match the hatch as well as the next guy. I relish in tying flies with wings , wing cases legs etc.only to look at the flies the competition fly fishing guys are fishing and they are mostly slim smooth bodies with a turn of dubbing at the thorax. Are we making it too complicated?
The reason is that international competition rules do not allow any added weight to the fly line or leaders so no split shot, or moldable putty weights. For the flies to get down they have to be internally weighted and have no appendages or fuzzy bodies that create hydraulic drag that slows the sink rate. If weight could be added, the flies would be different and fuzzier.