Critique my 11 'yo' sister's first fly

[seanengman]

This is the first fly she tied on her own. She is learning with me and It is taking some patience. I have a hard time not reaching in and doing something for her. The only thing I did was instruct a little (blind leading the blind) and then do the whip finnish (that one only took 6 tries). Here it is, I figured I could get some good responses out of y'all.

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[Eddie L]

Very nice looking fly for being her 1st fly that she tied on her own

[Islander]

That's a great looking fly. My 11 yr. old son is learning to tie also. It's never to early to start.

[frankrutledge]

Holy crap. That blows mine away. I'm on about number 9-10. :o
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[Swandazi]

its pretty good for a first tie,. the hackle could have been better, and the marabous to long and looks like its been cut instead of torn. (if you cut marabou it looks unnatural, and takes away from the motion of the tail) is the fly supposed to be a wooley bugger?

Overall its a pretty good beginner fly : 7/10

[seanengman]

How would you suggest the improvements on the hackle, how do you tear marabou? and yeah its a bugger.

[Swandazi]

For the marabou if you accidentally make the tail to large you just rip it apart with ur fingures till you get the lenght you want.

The hackles really good , it just looks thin near the eye of the hook. you could probably fix that by just evenly spacing your hackle, and not wrapping over other hackles (i do that alot)

[seanengman]

My sister Vicky says thanks. She's learning, hope she gets into the fishing part of it with me though.

[Sourdoughs]

Very good start! Keep up the patience, you two! When learning to tie, keep going back to the source recipe (preferably with picture) and compare proportions of your fly to the pic. Then go again!