[Mike Barrio]

Anybody fancy a winter fly tying competition for a bit of fun? I have a basic idea in my head  :  

Based around a stillwater fly in December, a river fly in January and a salmon/sea trout one in February    

I'll put up a few wee prizes to add to the fun  :idea:

Best wishes
Mike

[notkeenonlures]

that sounds like fun i entered the fly fishing and fly tying one but had to give up after round three as i couldnt get dyed blue guinea fowl i tryed lots of places like veniard ect but they were all waiting on stock must have been a shortage sounds like fun though

[Peter McCallum]

Go for it Mike.

[Sandy Nelson]

notkeenonlures

Just ask, plenty of Blue Guinea in my bag i could have sent you a few feathers if you were struggling to get.

Great idea Mike

Sandy

[notkeenonlures]

cheers spiderman i never thought of asking but never had internet at time was just phoning suppliers

[Sandy Nelson]

Next Time

Sandy

[the water buoys]

hi mike
       great idea it will be a bit of fun again.
henry and andrew
the waterbuoys

[Peter McCallum]

Any news on this Mike??

[Rob Brownfield]

Does it have to be a trout fly?..lol...I have not dressed anything below a size 3/0 for about a year.. :

[Colin Davidson]

im up for that mike, is it only for forum members as my dad is interested too?

sounds like a good way of keeping ourselves amused during this cold windy horrible snap!  

Colin.

[Dutchfly]

I'm up for it. Let's turn it into an international event   !

CU

Jeroen

[Sandy Nelson]

OK Guys

Hamish, Mike and myself are going to judge the flies this year.
So there will be 3 sets of points awarded and we will add them together to get scores.

You will be judged on

Tying skill
Originality
Proportion
Fishiness (how effective the fly is likely to be in its intended purpose)

There will be one winner each month and over the 3 months the points total for each entant will be added together to find the overall winner.

You can drop the flies off at Haddo or you can send me a PM and i'll give you an address to post them to.


THE FLY FOR DECEMBER WILL BE A STILLWATER TROUT FLY

You have until the 15th of January to send us the flies for round 1.

Get tying and have fun

Sandy

[Mike Barrio]

Thanks Sandy    
My apologies for the delay with a reply folks  :

The prize each month will be a boat for the day on Haddo and for those who live too far away I'll find something "fishing tackle" as an alternative  

The prize for the overall winner will be a fly rod  

Please send two examples of your fly when entering the competition .......... and Hamish had a grand idea, we'll put all the entries together at the end of the competition and run an auction on the forum for them and the money raised from this will be donated to The Wild Trout Trust  

Best wishes
Mike Barrio
 

[Mike Barrio]

im up for that mike, is it only for forum members as my dad is interested too?

sounds like a good way of keeping ourselves amused during this cold windy horrible snap!  

Colin.

Would make sense for it to be forum members only Colin ...... Your Dad could always register  

If he can't register for any reason .... twist my arm .... and I'll make it for "Forum members only and Colin's Dad"      

Best wishes
Mike Barrio

[Jay Scott]

The fly for December, is that a winter stillwater trout fly or an allround fly?

Thanks, Jay

[Sandy Nelson]

A stillwater trout fly - you decide what that means

Sandy

[Mike Barrio]

Henry and Andrew brought their entries along to Haddo today Sandy and Henry donated a few extras for the auction too.  

How are the "postal" entries coming along?

Best wishes
Mike
 

[Mike Barrio]

Jay gave me his flies for the competition entry today  

Hmmm ........ No flies from Magnus, Peter or Allan Liddle yet?  :

Best wishes
Mike
 

[Mike Barrio]

I got some nice flies from John Brown yesterday ........ and he "proved" that they worked on the day too!  

Best wishes
Mike

[Sandy Nelson]

Only 5 days left.

If you are cutting it fine, i'll allow a couple of extra days if you PM me to say they are on their way.
So far all the entries look really good.
Its going to be very hard Hopefully 3 opinions will filter out the winners though

Sandy

[Mike Barrio]

Its going to be very hard Hopefully 3 opinions will filter out the winners though

Yes, hard work indeed .......... maybe I should take a bottle of malt along for the evening when we get together  

Mike

[Hamish Young]

Cool, what you going to drink Mike :

[Sandy Nelson]

Well I'm driving, so he can drink what he likes.

I can always make unruly passengers walk home :

Sandy

[Mike Barrio]

I have got a few drops left of something rather nice ....... yes I know what I'll take along  

 

[Sandy Nelson]

Last Day today for the first leg.

So if anyone has put flies in the post today, let me know.
Otherwise thats it for the stillwater flies.



Next up will be a SALMON fly. Same rules as before, entries to be in by the 15th of February. Should be good to think about with the season just around the corner

Sandy