Hey boys and girls! This is my first attempt at a dee style fly. I know the head leaves much to be desired as does the blind eye. The wings are off a little in length and the dubbed section of body could be a little towards half of the body length. The wings could also be a few fibres bigger on each side, but, could you give me anymore conrstructive critisism on how I may improve it. Cheers!
As far as the fly looks, I'm no expert but I like to see the JC angled upward at approx a 30deg angle. True be told IMO, it'll fish just fine though as is!
Something that just jumps out at me in the second photo is the wings overlap at the tie-in. This will cause them to split when fished (unless they are glued with a small dot of superglue next to the tie-in). Dee wings sit against, but not overlapping, each other. I.e. the near wing is tight against the far wing in the horizontal plane without overlapping. I've written step-by-step instructions on how to do this on another post which would help you greatly in learning how to set a dee wing. If you use the site search function and search for dee fly you will find it. I don't remember which dee fly post in which I wrote it, or I'd direct you there.
And instead of making each body segment 1/2 the body length, make the rear tinsel segment 40% of the body and the front dubbed segment the other 60%. When the fly is finished, it will look like it is 1/2:1/2 due to the throat hackle, wings, and sides partially hiding the front body segment. I'm very aware that all the pattern recipes say 1/2:1/2 etc., but what they really mean is 40%:60%. This 50% business is just a type of short-hand that is used in pattern recipes that experienced tyers of classic salmon fly styles know means 40%:60%but that others haven't learned yet.
Thanks for the comments guys! When I get a chance to sit down and tie again I will take everything into consideration and attempt to improve upon it. I will post the fly and feel free to discect it for me. Flytyer thank you for being so critical, and I don't mean that in a bad way, as this style of fly is new to me and I don't know what I'm doing wrong if it isn't pointed out to me.
Thank you for recognizing that I don't simply criticize. I point out what could be improved, but at the same time also say how and why to do differently. I would do folks a great disservice if I only pointed out things that could be improved without telling them why and how to do it better.
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