The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition

« **on:** 25/11/2006 at 16:54 »

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

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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

« **Reply #1 on:** 25/11/2006 at 19:51 »

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

« **Reply #2 on:** 26/11/2006 at 19:38 »

Go for it Mike.

« **Reply #3 on:** 26/11/2006 at 21:58 »

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

« **Reply #4 on:** 26/11/2006 at 22:22 »

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

« **Reply #5 on:** 26/11/2006 at 22:26 »

Next Time

Sandy

« **Reply #6 on:** 29/11/2006 at 14:07 »

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

« **Reply #7 on:** 11/12/2006 at 22:25 »

Any news on this Mike??

« **Reply #8 on:** 12/12/2006 at 08:35 »

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

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« **Reply #9 on:** 13/12/2006 at 10:57 »

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.

« **Reply #10 on:** 13/12/2006 at 11:09 »

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

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CU

Jeroen

« **Reply #11 on:** 16/12/2006 at 09:04 »

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

« **Reply #12 on:** 16/12/2006 at 15:26 »

Thanks Sandy

My apologies for the delay with a reply folks

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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

« **Reply #13 on:** 16/12/2006 at 15:34 »

Quote from: "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.

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

« **Reply #14 on:** 20/12/2006 at 19:25 »

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

Thanks, Jay

« **Reply #15 on:** 20/12/2006 at 19:31 »

A stillwater trout fly - you decide what that means

Sandy

« **Reply #16 on:** 03/01/2007 at 19:59 »

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

« **Reply #17 on:** 04/01/2007 at 17:05 »

Jay gave me his flies for the competition entry today

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

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Best wishes
Mike

« **Reply #18 on:** 06/01/2007 at 16:54 »

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

Best wishes
Mike

« **Reply #19 on:** 10/01/2007 at 19:22 »

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

« **Reply #20 on:** 13/01/2007 at 16:36 »

Quote from: "spiderman"

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

« **Reply #21 on:** 13/01/2007 at 18:15 »

Cool, what you going to drink Mike

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« **Reply #22 on:** 13/01/2007 at 18:39 »

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

I can always make unruly passengers walk home

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Sandy

« **Reply #23 on:** 13/01/2007 at 18:50 »

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

« **Reply #24 on:** 16/01/2007 at 12:35 »

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