Steven H. McGarthwaite,

Concerning which between parachutes and comparaduns to use in which type of water, Dave Hughes said the opposite to your statement.

According to him, different dry fly pattern styles can be used to fish different types of water. Catskill dries are the best for rough, running waters, comparaduns for still, placid waters, and parachutes for in-between.

I think both you and Dave should be right, and it would be interesting how each of you has reached the opposite conclusions.

Usually, I fish parachutes for running, ruffled waters. When I use them for spring creeks, parachute hackle wraps should be really sparse.