JC,
I really liked your reply to this post. I fish mostly with wet flies but I would never tell a dry fly fisherman about it. I used to dream about casting my Dave's Hopper over 20 inch brown trout but I got greedy and decided that I wanted to catch more fish and lo and behold soft hackle flies became a part of my inventory. What is confusing is that these flies are such a simple tie but they catch fish. Catching fish on the surface is great but there is a lot going on under the surface.
Doug WL OR