favorite wing material.

i know there are many defferent types of materials that can be used to tie dry flies. this includes everything from natural to synthetic. i was curious to see what other people are using. i used to use a lot of cdc. now that i have fished flies like the usual i am a huge fan of rabbits foot.it floats great and it is super easy to tie with. it also comes in many different colors and you can even dyw your own with rit dye.

I like the snowshoe hare too for emergers and small comparaduns.

For spinners, I like this stuff an old friend showed me a long time ago; craft store stuff called organza, its got an amazing shimmering quality

For mayfly duns & emergers, definitely snowshoe rabbit- the Usual baby!! For tough trout on flat water, CDC. For spinners, Hi-Vis is my fav- floats great, you can see it, and it works on big trout.

I also use the Hi-Vis in white and light gray (dun) for my spinners. CDC is great, but hard to tie with; it's difficult to assemble a big bunch even with the Petitjean tools. Snowshoe hair is versatile, but unless you use a big bunch to trap a lot of air, it doesn't float well for very long. I've used the Organza for a while too, based on an A.K. Best article - it's ok for very small spinners, like the Needhami on the Farmington. Organza does shimmer, but it's a bit too rigid for some applications. It is very inexpensive at fabric stores. A 1/4 square yard will last a lifetime. I've never had much luck with hackle tips, the cape never seems to have one in the proper size.

There is really only one wing material for me, thanks to Caucci and Nastasi... coastal deer or Compara-hair. Once you learn the proper tying methods with deer, and see the results onstream, I think you will agree. I don't like the bleached variety so much, but the natural (fine black tips) is deadly.

Hope this is helpful.

The trouble with this post I agree with all you guys, if I had to limit myself to one it would be Snowshoe.

John

I use it for 100 percent of my dries with the exception of spinners.

Yeah, the Rabit's Foot can be used also for Caddis wings & Midges. For small flies, use mostly the softer underfur and trim it to length after you tie the fly.

I like Hi-Vis, CDC and Snowshoe.

Hi-Vis for parachutes. CDC and snowshoe for everything else. I am also a Z-lon junkie. I try to incorporate it into many of my patterns whether it be a shuck, wrapped as a body or sometimes a wing material.

Z-Lon is great stuff- trailing shucks & Serendipities!

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I like Hi-Vis, CDC and Snowshoe.

Hi-Vis for parachutes. CDC and snowshoe for everything else. I am also a Z-lon junkie. I try to incorporate it into many of my patterns whether it be a shuck, wrapped as a body or sometimes a wing material.
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Same Here.

For small flies, CDC wing and a Z-Lon shuck is killer.

I agree with Torrey's breakdown. I also like CDC for the wing posts on my parachute flies. Coat it with Frog's Fanny and you are good to go!

Since I have a couple big bags of CDC thanks to some waterfowling buddies.........So it makes it easy to love the stuff. ;D Especially for the 16 on down mayfly emergers and duns.

I do have a bunch of various dyed snowshoe that I do like as well but CDC is probably my favorite.

I like it on larger emergers too in combination with a deer hair wing or as a wing on clipped hackle bottom duns and emergers.

Pseudo wing, comes in crystal (white), brown, beige, and black. It covers all the spinner wings I could ever possibly want to tie.

-kyle

It really depends on the fly and where you are fishing, as it can make a great difference for the same fly pattern in my book.

But to summarise. Zelon is a rip off so far as cost, all be it a friend of mine by the name of John Betts cut a great deal with Umpqua to market it.
It is a poly pro yarn.

I prefer no question of doubt poly yarn wings of the right shade and the right poly yarn, there are many types of poly yarn out there, some of which sold to tyers is worthless. I dye my own also as the subtle shades l like cannot be obtained from the trade, these are tones of olives, yellow olives and gray. For duns spinners and midge.

Caddis dry, then deer hair. And in some cases feather wings.

I also like compara duns, humpies, Wulfs and flies of that nature for the right water, and during dusk to dark times.

It all a matter of preference at the end of the day.

DW

for caddis drys elk hair is my favorite ,i love the snowshoe rabbit ,I also like double parachutes with hackel ,wolfes rule ,i also love stimulator patterens So hackel is a go to on that .The ausuable flys are super floaters ,yet i just like to tye ,so whatever floats the best for me .Parachute patterns have always floated nice so hackel is nice in that case .

Poly yarn makes a great spinner wing and alsom makes a great post. For example, on my olive duns I tie in the beige poly yarn and use olive micro hackle around the base of the post. It works great not only on olives, but if you change the poly yarn color and the hackle color you can use it on many different patterns.

-kyle

I really like lemon wood duck for traditional dries..it is easier to work with than Mallard flank and flies tied catskill style just look good . As for my regular fishing flies...I love snowshoe hare and poly yarn for mayflies. both add to the buoyancy of the fly and are durable. but then again there is deer and elk hair for my caddis...cant say i have one material that I favor overall but for different fly styles different materials work better than others...

I like snowshoe for caddis, i think deer hair floats better longer, but snowshoe is much easier for me to deal with. I like Hi-vis a lot for spinners, and Ive recently fallen for burnt poly wings (http://www.hacklehead.com/6) duns after reading Lloyd Gonzales book: "Fly-fishing pressured waters". Most of the patterns in his book are too tedious for me, but once you get the hang of making the wings they are really easy and fast, look and float great and are very durable. With just a few colors and some permanent markers you can make very realistic looking wings for any mayfly.

Turkey Flanks Feathers I believe is the most versatile wing material for dries, Ties nice looking split winged traditional flies, Nice posts for parachutes, works even better if you use a little water shed on posts, Comes in every color you can think of, Its cheap as can be, Its natural unlike all of the other poly products so flies look more natural. I have even seen guys use it for spinners but not such a fan of this method :P

Like CDC for emergers. Synthetics for chute posts including a foam post. However for spinners I have a strong and definite preference for the compara spinner (hackle wrapped around the body and V cut top and bottom) vs any other type of winging material. While the traditional pattern is grizzly, my best results seem to come from using light dun!

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