Time has come to announce the 2007 FAOL Atlantic
Salmon and Steelhead Tying Contest.
We are pleased to announce that Partridge of Redditch is once again
sponsoring this years contest. Partridge makes some of the best hooks in the
business and particularly the Salmon Fly hooks. All of this years
entries must be tied on specific Partridge hooks and any that are
not, will not be included in the competition. The style of hooks
acceptable for the Wet Fly category are CS10/1 #1/0 or CS14/1B #3.
The suggestion would be that Speys and Dees be tied on the CS10/1
and other dressings on the CS14/1B but this is left to the Tyer
to decide. The hook for the Classic and Freestyle categories is
the CS10/3 #3/0.
We will accept entries from February 5, 2007 to May 14, 2007. Flies
must be postmarked no later than May 14, 2007. We
will photograph each fly and post these on the website as soon
as possible and open the Reader’s Choice voting for a period to
be announced later.
We will have three main categories plus Reader’s Choice this year:
There will be three winners in the three main
categories and one Reader’s Choice award.- Wet fly. This category has hair wings, Speys and
Dees, other sub-surface flies.
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Compulsory Classic Fully Dressed pattern. This year
the pattern is The Nicholson (see recipe below). -
Freestyle Fully Dressed. This category allows the
Tyer to reach deep within his/her creativity. The entries
must resemble fully dressed flies in their construction
but design is up to the Tyer.
There will be three winners in each category and one for Reader’s Choice.No fee to enter.
The number of entries per Tyer is limited to three. This means
that each tyer can enter one fly in each category. No more
than three flies in total.
Originally published February 5, 2007 on Fly Anglers Online.