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#1 · (Edited)
Fresh off the vise this afternoon :D

I like the colour mix of black & blue . The body hackle is Melanastic Pheasant flank and the throat is Melanastic Pheasant breast . The flank feathers are black with a purple/navy blue sheen , while the throat hackle is shades of three different browns with a greenish sheen . The feathers are really sexy !! I tied the wings in the more traditional Dee fashion as well .

I apologize for the poor quality photos , they were taken with my BlackBerry ...... my Fuji program crashed today :mad:

I hope you like it as much as I do :)





















Mike
 
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#10 ·
I really prefer a sparse dressed fly over a full dressed , especially for fishing Dave . I tend to take a full dress salmon fly and remove/modify minor details ... "dress it down" to suit my fishing preference . I also like the rear of the fly to attract attention ..... that's the business end :hihi:








Mike
 
#13 ·
I hope you are right Phil , would really hope the waters open up soon !!
As far as "rule" , I don't know of any , maybe Russ or Frank might chime in here . On a Dee Iron this big , I prefer my wings to be between 3/16" to 1/4" at the base .










Mike
 
#17 ·
There really isn't a set rule for wing width with dee wings. Frank did a good job of describing what most of us do. Dee wings ought to be slim and not bulky, but there is no good standard measurement. I suppose the best way to get yourself in the ballpark is to either do as Frand suggested and measure the width, or make the width of each side's wing about 1/4-1/3 or the hook gape. You need to make sure the wing doesn't slip down on the sides of the hook, so the wing slips are different sizes depending on the size of the hook. I'd prefer to see dee wings a little too slim rather than too wide.
 
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