It was illuminating judging the salmon fly section
I have one or two small observations which I'd like to make, these are in no way a criticism of any one tyer as the tying was all to a very good standard
1. Remember the principal knot employed by salmon fishers for attaching a conventional salmon fly to a cast/leader remains the double turle/turl knot. On many of the flies there simply wasn't the space to tie one which cost marks from me - I'm harsh, I know
2. A salmon fly should not only be a work of art but it should also be 'hardy'. By that I mean the wing or materials simply should not seperate from the body at all. One or two entrants again lost points as the wings came loose with the gentlest of tugs, those wings would come out in normal use on the 1st cast.
I'm looking forward to the next round :z9