I believe that I may be putting my foot in the cow poop with this post but I don't think that wings are critical for success. I fish free-stone streams with a pretty good current moving the fly along. I believe that the trout have to react quickly or miss a meal and they don't get much of a look at the fly. Slow spring-fed streams may be a different story.

In actual practice, I do cover myself with the wing question since I fish parachutes most the time anyone.

Just my 2 percent of a dollar. 8T

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