A Ni-base superalloy single crystal with y/y' structure was tested at room temperature along the , <110> and <111> directions. Consistent with previously reported investigations, this alloy did not obey the Schmid law and the CRSS (critical resolved shear stress) was noticeably lower for the < 1 1 1 >-oriented samples. Furthermore, the strain hardening rate decreased and the degree of deformation localization increased in the order of <111>, and <110> orientations. The appearance and orientation of deformation traces were found to depend on the loading orientation as well as the amount of strain. In general, when y'-particles were sheared, the traces followed the expected octahedral shear planes. It is demonstrated that the wavy deformation traces that do not follow the { 11 1 ] planes are associated with changes in the y-channels width and the falling off of the ;/'-particles. In this paper the evolution of deformation bands are discussed in terms of plastic localization at microscopic, mesoscopic and macroscopic levels.