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The flies have been sent in, the readers and
judges have voted and the results are in.
Before announcing the winners of the various
categories, on behalf of FAOL, I want to thank
everyone for participating in this year's contest
either as a tyer or voter. The flies that were
sent in are of the highest quality and very
little separated the top winners. We could
easily have chosen several first, second and third
place winners in each category but the hard
choices must be made and the top three chosen.
I'd also like to thank our prize sponsors this
year for making this contest possible. I'd like
to encourage you to support them if you need
products they sell.
Dennis Conrad of Conranch Hackle donated all
of the prizes for this year's contest with
exception of the hand made hooks which were
donated by master hook maker, Ron Reinhold.
Drum roll please.
Results of the 2005 Atlantic Salmon/Steelhead Tying Contest
Reader's Choice
Humber Pride
Tyer: Dwight Eveleigh, Comfort Cove, NL
Wet Fly Category
First Place
Korean Chili
Tyer: Junji Ichimura, Naracity Nara, Japan
Second Place - Wet Fly
Akroyd
Tyer:Alun Thomas, Salt Lake City, UT
Third Place - Wet Fly
Best of Breed Spey
Tyer: Kevin J Czarzasty, Watertown, CT
Free Style Category
First Place - Free Style
The Attitude
Tyer: Ari-Heikki Rintaniemi, Finland
Second Place - Free Style
Beard Peacock
Tyer: Junji Ichimura, Naracity Nara, Japan
Third Place - Free Style
Green Rainbow
Tyer: Olli Oikarinen, Kajaani, Finland
On behalf of FAOL and myself, I'd like to thank
all of the entrants to this tying contest. Each
and every one of you were winners by taking the
time and making the effort to push your tying
skills a bit higher than you might have otherwise
done.
The point of having this contest was/is to bring
new Tyers to the craft and help make existing Tyers
better. If any of the of the entrants would like to
go over their flies with me from a technical point
of view, please feel free to email me at
rlucas@cybcon.com or phone at 503-654-0466. I'll be
more than happy to give some input that may help fine
tune your flies.
Until the next contest.
Happy Trails! ~ Ronn Lucas, Sr.
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