As a new fly tyer I was wondering about that. I've noticed that my wings get lost, visually, in the hackle. I was wondering if maybe I'm putting too much hackle on my flies. But then I see pictures of flies with lots of hackle and wings that are buried in there.I stopped putting wings on hackled dries about twenty years ago. Didn't think it made enough difference in the catching to justify the extra time and effort in tying.
I'm wondering what others think. Do you agree that wings on a dry fly get lost in the hackle, or do you think that's only a problem if the fly is too heavily hackled?
Cheers.
Greg