Parachute Dry Flies

My caller asked what differences I use when fishing parachute dry flies and regular dry flies. It’s a good question and it made me think. Standard drys are good if you want to fish a spider like a living insect, also if you want to twitch a dry caddis, dance a smallmouth skater and any other time you want to impart a lively action to a dry fly. I tend to use parachute drys on small delicate patterns such as Parachute Beatis and Parachute Mr. Rapidan Black Ants. However, there is a great amount of overlap so experiment and see what you think.