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First Dee Style Fly

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#1 · (Edited)
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!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59481909@N04/5443600103/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59481909@N04/5444195628/in/photostream/
 
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#6 ·
Pull,

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.
 
#7 ·
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.
 
#8 ·
Pull,

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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