Fly tying has many beginnings. Some start tying flies to 'save money' - which hardly ever proves to be the case. Others begin with an interest in tying flies which are more adapted to their locale. Once hooked, proficiency increases and the types of flies change from very simple to involved 'matching the hatch' creations. And beyond. Who among us has not tied their 'special' fly? Or experimented and created something which they knew would be exceptional on their waters. It may not have worked, what matters is the fun of doing it.
That is what How To Dress Salmon Flies is about. Ronn Lucas, Sr. and friends will take us on a journey to learn new methods, tricks and techniques to create these beautiful flies. You may fish some, or tie some for your own amazement and joy. All sorts of Salmon Flies will appear in this section, Hairwing Flies, Strip Wing Flies, Spey and Dee Flies, Cheap Full Dressed Atlantics, Dries, Streamers, Married Wing Full Dressed Flies, Full Feather Wing Flies - and Free Style Flies of all sorts. This is not a stodgy treatise, it also is not strictly "traditional." Come and have fun.
TYING CONTEST 2009
2009 Rules
The Full set of Rules for 2009 can be found here.
This year we are doing something a little different. The contest is being sponsored by FeathersMc.com, FlyAnglersOnLine.com and Ronnlucassr.com. It is our collective belief that the USA deserves to have a high profile Atlantic Salmon tying contest and with promoting on our three websites, this will happen. The contest, as usual will be open to any tyer regardless of where he/she lives.
The Entries
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| Contestant | Classic Compulsary Jock Scott |
Freestyle Fully Dressed |
Wet Fly |
|---|---|---|---|
Rockwell Hammond, Jr. |
 Jock Scott |
 King Iris |
 Cabot's Spey |
Bruno Pimpanini |
 Jock Scott |
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Richard O'Donnell |
 Dick's Fly |
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Dustin Driscoll |
 Fire Irons |
 Unnamed |
|
Brian Hudspeth |
 Arctic Sea |
The Tate |
|
Antti Aholainen |
 Magica de Spell |
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Cole Vincent Madden |
 Jock Scott |
 Pisces Iscariot |
 Everyone Knows This is Nowhere |
Alexander Shevelev |
 Jock Scott |
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Michel Paquin |
 Last Chance |
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Antti Karhapaa |
 Jock Scott |
 Classic on Fire |
 Dee on Fire |
Reader’s Choice
All of us wish to thank all of the entrants for sending some very beautiful and well tied flies for the 2009 US Open Fly Tying Contest. Now, we ask our readers to look over all of the flies and send in ONE vote for their favorite fly. The fly with the most votes will win Reader’s Choice.
To have your votes count you MUST put 2009 US Open Fly Tying Contest in the subject line to have his/her vote count.
Send your vote to ronn@ronnlucassr.com, be sure to indicate the tyer name and which fly you are voting on in the message.
The Winners
We will announce all of the winners in two weeks.
The winners prizes will be mailed as soon as possible. The winners can contact FeathersMc.com for their prizes. Hooks will be mailed directly from RonnLucassr.com and plaques and such from FAOL. I would like to thank Deanna and John for their support.
Again, we thank all of the tyers for their great flies and the readers for selecting their favorite flies.
The following are the winners of the 2009 US Open Fly Tying Contest.
Winners:
| Jock Scott Winners | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Place | Second Place | Third Place |
Bruno Pimpanini Jock Scott |
Alexander Shevelev Jock Scott |
Antti Karhapaa Jock Scott |
| Freestyle Winners | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Place | Second Place | Third Place |
Rockwell Hammond, Jr.
|
Antti Karhapaa
|
Brian Hudspeth
|
| Wet Fly Winners | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Place | Second Place | Third Place |
Rockwell Hammond Jr.
Cabot's Spey, wet |
Antti Karhapaa
Dee on Fire, wet |
Dustin Driscoll
Unnamed, wet |
Reader’s Choice Award
Rockwell Hammond Jr.
King Iris
Happy Trails!
Ronn
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