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Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio 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 :?:

Based around a stillwater fly in December, a river fly in January and a salmon/sea trout one in February :cool:

I'll put up a few wee prizes to add to the fun :idea:

Best wishes
Mike
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: notkeenonlures 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
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Peter McCallum on 26/11/2006 at 19:38: Go for it Mike.
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Sandy Nelson 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 :wink:

Sandy
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: notkeenonlures on 26/11/2006 at 22:22: cheers spiderman i never thought of asking but never had internet at time was just phoning suppliers
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 26/11/2006 at 22:26: Next Time :z16

Sandy
Title: winter competion
Post by: the water buoys on 29/11/2006 at 14:07: hi mike
great idea it will be a bit of fun again.
henry and andrew
the waterbuoys
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Peter McCallum on 11/12/2006 at 22:25: Any news on this Mike??
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Rob Brownfield 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.. :lol:
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Colin Davidson 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.
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Dutchfly on 13/12/2006 at 11:09: I'm up for it. Let's turn it into an international event :z4 !

CU

Jeroen
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Sandy Nelson 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 :z16

Sandy
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio on 16/12/2006 at 15:26: Thanks Sandy :z16
My apologies for the delay with a reply folks :oops:

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 :wink:

The prize for the overall winner will be a fly rod :cool:

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 :cool:

Best wishes
Mike Barrio
:z3
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio 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 :wink:

If he can't register for any reason .... twist my arm .... and I'll make it for "Forum members only and Colin's Dad" :z4 :z4 :z4

Best wishes
Mike Barrio
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Jay Scott on 20/12/2006 at 19:25: The fly for December, is that a winter stillwater trout fly or an allround fly?

Thanks, Jay
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 20/12/2006 at 19:31: A stillwater trout fly - you decide what that means :wink:

Sandy
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio 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. :cool:

How are the "postal" entries coming along?

Best wishes
Mike
:z3
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio on 04/01/2007 at 17:05: Jay gave me his flies for the competition entry today :z16

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

Best wishes
Mike
:z2
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio 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! :cool:

Best wishes
Mike
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Sandy Nelson 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 :z6 Hopefully 3 opinions will filter out the winners though :z16

Sandy
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio on 13/01/2007 at 16:36: Quote from: "spiderman"

Its going to be very hard :z6 Hopefully 3 opinions will filter out the winners though :z16

Yes, hard work indeed .......... maybe I should take a bottle of malt along for the evening when we get together :wink:

Mike
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Hamish Young on 13/01/2007 at 18:15: Cool, what you going to drink Mike :?:
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Sandy Nelson 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 :lol:

Sandy
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio 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 :wink:

:z18
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Sandy Nelson 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 :z16

Sandy
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio on 16/01/2007 at 20:32: Hi Sandy

I have some flies coming from Peter, probably in a parcel that they couldn't get through my letter box yesterday?

I've got a card to collect a parcel from the post office, but wasn't up to collecting it this morning cause my back has been killing me for a couple of days and walking etc is a tad painful ( so is sitting in this chair for more than a couple of minutes! )

Will get them to you asap

Mike
Title: Flees
Post by: Peter McCallum on 16/01/2007 at 22:27: That'll be them Mike
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio on 23/01/2007 at 15:20: :z5 ROUND ONE RESULTS :z5

Hi folks

Sandy and myself enjoyed some splendid hospitality at Hamish's residence yesterday evening and I am now in a position to reveal the top five flies from round one:

(5th) John Brown "jbb"
(4th) Chris McAllister "Turra"
(3rd) Irvine Ross "Hares Lug"
(2nd) Derek Howie "derek 365"
(1st) Peter McCallum "rabbitangler"
Well done Peter, as the winner of round one you have won yourself a day's fishing on Haddo ......... :z14

NOW THEN DON'T FORGET THAT ........... all those who entered were awarded points for their flies and these points will obviously count towards your final scores at the end of the three rounds ......... so that you can win the main prize, which is a fly rod :cool:

ROUND TWO IS UNDERWAY and Sandy has asked you to tie a SALMON fly for this one. The same rules apply as in round one, the prize for the round is once again a day's fishing at Haddo and your entries are to be in by the 15th of February.
SO ....... what are you waiting for? :z8 get your vice out :wink:

I'll try to get some photos of the flies posted on here soon
Best wishes
Mike Barrio
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 23/01/2007 at 16:49: All the entries were good, especially considering some of you have only just started.
The main points that seem to have gotten raised when we discussed the flies were, some of the flies were overly complicated, some of the varnishing left a lot to be desired and quite a few of the patterns would not quite achieve the desired effect in the water due to either the wrong choice of material or lack of a significant feature.
However although we did come up with different marks individually, the final scores seemed like an accurate reflection on the flies.
What i can say is there is plenty scope for the overall comp to change many times as most of the combined marks were fairly similar.

I thoroughly enjoyed looking at peoples ideas, and i'm looking forward to the next batch.

:z16

Sandy
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Peter McCallum on 23/01/2007 at 21:59: God I can't believe that, can't even remember what they were like :oops: will they be posted soon??

Peter :grin:
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio on 23/01/2007 at 22:08: Hi Peter

Sandy has the flies just now, but will try and get photos asap :oops:

Best wishes
Mike
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Hamish Young on 23/01/2007 at 22:17: Nice flies folks, well done to the newbies - you know who you are :wink:

Looking forward to the next round, high standards to be maintained :!:
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio on 28/01/2007 at 19:51: Hi folks

Here are some photos of the top five ( sorry about the quality of a couple of the pics :oops: )

Peter McCallum "rabbitangler"

(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/z1fly280107.jpg)

Derek Howie "derek 365"

(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/z2fly280107.jpg)

Irvine Ross "Hares Lug"

(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/z3fly280107.jpg)

Chris McAllister "Turra"

(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/z4fly280107.jpg)

John Brown "jbb"

(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/z5fly280107.jpg)

Best wishes
Mike Barrio
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: stickleback on 28/01/2007 at 20:30: All very nice - I think I'll have to practice for a few more years before I can turn out flies like these. Looking forward to the next two rounds. :z18
Title: fly tying
Post by: the water buoys on 29/01/2007 at 16:51: Well done peter make a lovely wake fly ,I would not mind having a couple for fishing loch venachar in May. I would like to no the tying . :roll: well done too the rest of the guys all lovely flies. :grin:

henry and andrew
thewaterbuoys :lol:
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 29/01/2007 at 18:51: Henry

Peter put the recipe in with the flies, if Mikes feels up to it then he could always post it here :z4
I agree though i think it will be a fantastic loch fly, as well as a 'bow fly in a wave, perhaps with your creation on the dropper :z16

Sandy
Title: flytying
Post by: the water buoys on 29/01/2007 at 20:08: Hi sandy

my very thoughts some flies just say fish,to me. :cool:

henry the waterbuoys

:lol:
Title: Pattern
Post by: Peter McCallum on 29/01/2007 at 23:00: Here you go Henry

Tail - Red over yellow Fl Floss
Body - Light olive & red Seals fur
Body Hackle - Genetic Grizzle dyed olive
Front Hackle - Blue Dyed Bramah Hen

I got packets of 5 genetic grizzle dyed red & olive from Taimen in Poland or Chzec republic (forget which :oops: ). The front hackle is from a cape sold by lakeland.

Happy tying

Peter
Title: flytying
Post by: the water buoys on 30/01/2007 at 08:56: hi Peter

Thank you very much .

henry from thewaterbuoys

:lol:
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 08/02/2007 at 16:28: Guys

Remember theres only a week left for your Salmon flies.

:z16

Sandy
Title: fly tying
Post by: the water buoys on 10/02/2007 at 11:08: Hi Sandy

I sent a order away for flytying gear and salmon hooks.
Well i thought i did, so had to re order them got them yesterday so got tying last night. Young Andrews at a swimming gala in peterhead so he will be nackerd to night.So i will get him to tie his up on sunday and i will post them on monday.
All the best

Henry Andrew
The waterbuoys :lol:
Title: second round flies
Post by: Peter McCallum on 16/02/2007 at 10:23: Sent mine a couple of days ago. Have you got them yet Mike???

Peter
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 16/02/2007 at 17:18: Right guys

Thats the salmon fly comp closed. I'm expecting some in the post as you have told me whats coming :z16

Once we get a chance to mark them , it'll be posted as before.

Otherwise the next challenge is to tie a RIVER TROUT FLY.

Again you decide what this means, you have till the 15th of March.
Traditionally the start of the Trout season so hopefully it'll get the juices flowing for the coming fun.

Sandy
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio on 16/02/2007 at 17:43: Yes, I have got flies from Peter, Henry and Andrew :z16

Best wishes
Mike
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Peter McCallum on 23/02/2007 at 19:40: C'mon Mike put us out of our misery :sad: :sad: :cry:
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio on 27/02/2007 at 00:16: Quote from: "rabbitangler"
C'mon Mike put us out of our misery :sad: :sad: :cry:

Oops :oops:
Sorry Peter I missed this post.

No winners yet I'm afraid, Sandy has done his marking, but I'm doing my bit at the moment and then they will go to Hamish :wink:

Sorry for the delay
Mike
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Dutchfly on 27/02/2007 at 11:36: Sorry guys,

Hope I'm not the cause of the delay... Send my flies in a bit late :oops:

CU

Jeroen
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 28/02/2007 at 07:29: No Jeroen

Its my fault for being on days :cry: Not on shift.
Hopefully this will be resolved before the trout season starts.

Sandy
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio on 04/03/2007 at 20:21: :z5 ROUND TWO RESULTS :z5

Hi folks

Sorry for the delay :oops: I am now in a position to reveal the top five flies from round two:

(5th) Derek Howie "derek 365"
(4th equal) Chris McAllister "Turra" and Jeroen Glen "Dutchfly"
(3rd) John Brown "jbb"
(2nd) Peter McCallum "rabbitangler
(1st) Irvine Ross "Hares Lug"
Well done Irvine, as the winner of round two you have won yourself a day's fishing on Haddo ......... :z14

DON'T FORGET THAT ........... all those who entered were awarded points for their flies and these points will obviously count towards your final scores at the end of the three rounds ......... so that you can win the main prize, which is a fly rod :cool:

(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/zflya030307.jpg)

(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/zflyb030307.jpg)

(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/zflyc030307.jpg)

(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/zflyd030307.jpg)

Best wishes
Mike Barrio
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Peter McCallum on 04/03/2007 at 23:37: There are some canny tyers on this site mike i'm surprised I made 2nd. Well done Irvine!!

Peter
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Irvine Ross on 05/03/2007 at 09:51: Jings! Crivens! Help ma Bob!:shock:
I canna believe it.
Well done everyone else. I realy like Derek's shrimp and all the others are very good.
The pressure is on now. Gulp

Irvine
:z15
Title: fly tying
Post by: the water buoys on 05/03/2007 at 21:25: Well done Irvine nice flies,well done to everyone else.
I think me and Andrew had our Donkey Jackets on, over dressed
But learning all the time and enjoying taken part.

Henry Andrew thewaterbouys :lol: :z15
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Hamish Young on 05/03/2007 at 22:07: It was illuminating judging the salmon fly section :z5 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 :z16

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 :cool:

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
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Dutchfly on 06/03/2007 at 11:27: Nice flies, well done, everybody!

Just curious, how many entries did you receive?

Cheers,

Jeroen
Title: Flytying
Post by: the water buoys on 06/03/2007 at 21:01: Hi Hamish
As i have never fly fished for salmon,what is a turle /turl knot. :roll: Learning something new all the time.

Henry Andrew thewaterbouys :lol:
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio on 06/03/2007 at 21:21: Hi Henry

Try here for the knot http://www.fishandfly.com/articles/20060908_4
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio on 06/03/2007 at 21:25: We had eight entries for the salmon flies Jeroen ........... Don't worry about the quantity, look at the quality :z4

Cheers
Mike
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 07/03/2007 at 16:40: Absolutley

the quality is really high, i can also tell you there is very little in it as regards overall points. Given the flies are marked out of 120 most of the flies had between 1 and 5 marks between them.
So its all to play for.

Some really good trout entries so far too. :wink:

Sandy
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 18/03/2007 at 09:24: All entries are in.

Should be marked soon :wink:

The final score will come a wee bit after. Again though lovely flies submitted by everyone :z16

Sandy
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio on 19/03/2007 at 21:15: Hi folks

Yes, all the entries are in and we will try to get the results sorted out for you as soon as possible.

A few folk have mentioned that they would like to get a "better look" at the flies .......... so I have tried to get some photos done for you today.

I am going to post the photos in the fly tying section, with a thread for each person's flies. Although some of you have sent me some tying details for the flies, I think I'll leave you to add these details below your flies yourselves, which will hopefully produce some Q&A for you :cool:

There are some wonderful flies here ......... Well done :z14

Best wishes
Mike Barrio
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: jbb on 20/03/2007 at 17:19: had a good :z5 at all the flys
well done all :!:
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Derek 365 on 20/03/2007 at 18:46: A MASSIVE thank you for Mike,Sandy & Hamish for giving up there own time to judge/mark/post results and give away prizes , also well done everyone who entered :z16 and finally i'd hate to be a fish :z15 now.
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio on 20/03/2007 at 20:42: Great to see so many of you posting your tying details against the photos today!

Great stuff :z16
Mike
Title: ROUND THREE RESULTS
Post by: Mike Barrio on 21/03/2007 at 18:16: :z5 RESULTS ... RESULTS ... RESULTS ... RESULTS :z5
Thank you all once again for some excellent flies in the final round :z16

( ROUND THREE RESULTS )
(5th) Peter McCallum "rabbitangler
(4th) Derek Howie "derek 365"
(3rd) Jeroen Glen "Dutchfly"
(2nd) Irvine Ross "Hares Lug"
(1st) Chris McAllister "Turra"
Well done Chris, as the winner of round three you have won yourself a day's fishing on Haddo ......... :z14

DON'T FORGET THAT ........... all those who entered were awarded points for their flies in each of the three rounds and all these points count towards your final scores.
I will post the competition winners names later on this evening :wink:

(1st place = ??? ) and wins a Barrio Otter 4 pce 5wt Fly Rod
(2nd place = ??? ) and wins a Barrio Mallard Fly Line and Barrio Heron Furled Leader
(3rd place = ??? ) and wins a Barrio Mallard Fly Line

Best wishes
Mike Barrio
Title: FINAL RESULTS AND COMPETITION WINNERS
Post by: Mike Barrio on 21/03/2007 at 20:54: :z12 FINAL RESULTS ... FINAL RESULTS ... FINAL RESULTS :z12

ROUND ONE WINNER = Peter McCallum "rabbitangler"
Winning a day's fishing at Haddo Trout Fishery

ROUND TWO WINNER = Irvine Ross "Hares Lug"
Winning a day's fishing at Haddo Trout Fishery

ROUND THREE WINNER = Chris McAllister "Turra"
Winning a day's fishing at Haddo Trout Fishery

:z12 FINAL RESULTS ... FINAL RESULTS ... FINAL RESULTS :z12

COMPETITION FIRST PLACE WINNER = Irvine Ross "Hares Lug" with 283 points
Winning a Barrio Otter 5wt 4pce Fly Rod

COMPETITION SECOND PLACE WINNER = Peter McCallum "rabbitangler" with 277 points
Winning a Barrio Mallard Fly Line and Barrio Heron Furled Leader

COMPETITION THIRD PLACE WINNER = Jeroen Glen "Dutchfly" with 274 points
Winning a Barrio Mallard Fly Line

FOLLOWED BY:
Derek Howie "derek 365" with 271 points
Chris McAllister "Turra" with 266 points
John Brown "jbb" with 255 points
Henry Lockhart "Henry & Andrew" with 232 points
Andrew Lockhart "Henry & Andrew" with 225 points
Jay Scott "jayscott" with 67 points ( from 1st round only )

Well done everybody :z14

And a big thanks to Sandy and Hamish for their help with marking :z16

Best wishes
Mike Barrio

PS: Can the winners please contact me via a PM or email to sort out their prizes :wink:
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Peter McCallum on 21/03/2007 at 21:34: Congratulations Irvine :z14 , a close competition guys well done to all!!

Next year though :z2
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: the water buoys on 21/03/2007 at 21:45: Well done everyone good fun.

Very well done to young Andrew and Jay for having ago.

Henry from the waterbouys. :lol:

ps Look forward to the auction :z2
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio on 21/03/2007 at 23:17: Yes ......... it was really great to see the youngsters taking part. Well done Andrew and Jay :z16

It was a pity that young Andrew's Hares Ear let him down a bit in round three ......
..... because up until then he was beating you Henry :lol:

Best wishes
Mike Barrio
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Irvine Ross on 22/03/2007 at 08:44: Well Jings , Crivens and Help ma Bob again!:shock:

When I saw the photo of Peter's lovely wee spider I was sure he would win.

Well done everybody else :z14 Especially young Jay and Andrew. The scores show the competition was close. so with another year's practice, the tables could be turned upside down.

Many, many thanks to Mike for running the competition and thanks also to Hamish and Sandy for giving their time for judging. I'm sure all the competitors appreciate their efforts.

And to all of you who did not enter this time, if Mike does somthing similar next year - then go on give it a go. It's good fun and you learn a lot. :grin:

Jings again

Irvine
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 22/03/2007 at 11:38: Everyone who entered deserves a well done, all the flies were good in their own ways.
What i found was that by marking them the way we did, the marks were much closer. And provided a more level playing field.
Also having 3 opinions changed things dramatically.
I thoroughly enjoyed doing it, but most credit goes to mr B who put up the prizes.

Now all we have to do is work out how to auction the flies and who should benefit, IDEAS please :z16

Sandy
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Hamish Young on 22/03/2007 at 12:18: Aye - it's been an enjoyable experience :cool: Very interesting seeing different ideas and methods from all who entered (Jay - you give up :?:) it was down to the wire at the end :!:

Mike, Sandy and I did discuss selling the flies off on auction here and donating the proceeds to the Wild Trout Trust. However, I had another idea :idea: this morning after a particularly strong coffee :shock:

This site is certainly the 'home' of all things River Don and is unquestionably the finest online information source for the river (IMHO at least :wink: ) so might it be an idea to auction off the flies to support the Don hatchery :?:
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: the water buoys on 22/03/2007 at 15:48: Hi Mike
I have seen Andrew tie a lot better,his G-- Fly thePinkie,Blood worm. This fly has caught Plenty of your fish and on a lot of other fishiers.
Salmon fly. I thought he did great being his first salmon fly.
Hairs ear. Would have been better had he took his time,but will always catch fish. So i hope he beats me next year.I hope this will encourage other young anglers ,and adults to take part next time.
:lol:

Buying some flies from shops are there to catch anglers.
Tying your own your tying to catch fish. :wink:

Henry from thewaterbouys :z4 :lol:
Title: Auction
Post by: the water buoys on 22/03/2007 at 16:43: Hi Hamish
I dont care how strong your coffee was this morning,you cant say you will donate to the wild trout trust. Then at the end of com petion donate to some other cause :mad: .If you want to donate to the don hatchery why not do so at the next fund raising event. :grin:

Henry from the waterbouys

:lol: :z2
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Hamish Young on 22/03/2007 at 17:41: Henry,
Errrr - aye :z6
If you read the thread a bit more closely you will observe that Sandy suggested in his last post that we might consider who/where might benefit from the proceeds of the auction :arrow: whilst I did rather think it had been previously agreed that we would donate the proceeds of this auction to the WTT what I did in my last post was follow Sandys lead and make what I considered a constructive alternate to the WTT by suggesting the Don hatchery as it's a more 'local' - a local auction for local trout, I like it :z4
It's not what I say that matters but what we as a forum decide - I'm happy to see any organisation that helps angling and/or fish benefit from this or the next event :cool:
I'm looking forward to my next strong coffee :z18
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: sightbob on 22/03/2007 at 17:56: well done everybody, some super flies there and well done to mike and the judges the prizes are great.
keep up the good work.
cheers
brian
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Jay Scott on 22/03/2007 at 18:42: Thanks. Nah i didnt give up, i just have bad time management skills :sad: special thanks to Mike, Sandy and Hamish for all the work they put in and i have to say all of the flies look great! :z16

Thanks, Jay
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Irvine Ross on 22/03/2007 at 19:11: If you look back to Mike's post on the first page , he said that the proceeds would go to the Wild Trout Trust. so, in my humble view, having made the promise we should honour it.

As to the "how we do it", sounds like a grand excuse for a Forum gathering and Haddo is the obvious location. Unless anyone has a better idea.

Irvine

PS What was in the coffee Hamish? Irish or Scotch? :z4
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Hamish Young on 22/03/2007 at 19:24: Quote from: "Hares Lug"
If you look back to Mike's post on the first page , he said that the proceeds would go to the Wild Trout Trust. so, in my humble view, having made the promise we should honour it.

Works for me :wink:
Quote from: "Hares Lug"

As to the "how we do it", sounds like a grand excuse for a Forum gathering and Haddo is the obvious location. Unless anyone has a better idea.

Also works for me :grin:
Quote from: "Hares Lug"

PS What was in the coffee Hamish? Irish or Scotch? :z4

Sorely tempting with either :cool: but it was espresso made from unfeasibly expensive coffee beans harvested by dusky virgins or nuns somewhere in Africa :z4 (something like that anyway :wink: ).
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio on 22/03/2007 at 20:49: Hi folks

Yes, I feel that the money raised from the raffle on this particular occasion should be donated to the Wild Trout Trust ......... as this was our original intention :cool:

I think the reason for one or two of us thinking about possible alternatives for a donation ......... is that a good number of the forum members have already supported the WTT this month via their Ebay charity auction :wink:

A lot of forum members are asking me if we can do this again next winter? The answer is yes ......... I would be delighted to run another winter fly tying competition again next winter and this would be an excellent opportunity for us to support our local River Don Hatchery :cool:

The idea of a forum "day out" at Haddo in the near future is great thanks, I would like that and will put the kettle on :z4
Can Sandy and Hamish PM each other to agree on a Saturday that they can both come along to please? and we can organise it from there :cool:

Lastly for now ......... I think we should auction the flies on here in a special thread ( rather than at a day out ) so that all forum members, including those who live overseas, can have the chance to win the flies :cool:

I hope this is OK
Best wishes
Mike Barrio
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: the water buoys on 22/03/2007 at 21:03: Hi Lads
I am up for that Tubes, Boats or a mix of both i will be there.
:z2
Has anyone seen the fishing program tales from the river bank. The one that was on today was about the may fly hatch cracking brownie caught about 8 lb, its repeated about 3 times a day. Its on again to night at 11 oclock the best i have seen for a long time its on uktv gardens 258 is the program number. Geoffrey Palmer that was on the complete angler,that dose the talking in the back ground.

Henry from thewaterbouys :lol:
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio on 22/03/2007 at 22:10: Hi folks

I have posted the first auction in the "Fly Tying & Rod Building" section of the forum :wink:

Good luck
Best wishes
Mike Barrio
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Dutchfly on 23/03/2007 at 12:07: Now that's a nice way to start the weekend!

Thanks Mike, Sandy and Hamish, for taking the time and trouble to organise this competition. It's a nice way to test your skills, so I'm looking forward to the next one.

I'll post my patterns shortly.

CU

Jeroen
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio on 25/03/2007 at 23:50: Hi folks

Jeroen very kindly sent me a PM to say thanks for the competition which he enjoyed taking part in for the fun :cool:

"Although it's the first time ever I've won a prize with flytying, this competition to me was just for fun, so no need to send me a flyline. Maybe there's a youngster (Andrew or Jay) you can give it to? Cool way to sponsor a novice."

Thanks Jeroen! :z16
I will award the prize to young Andrew, for tying three very nice flies and almost beating his Dad :wink:

Best wishes
Mike Barrio
Title: fly tying
Post by: the water buoys on 28/03/2007 at 16:00: hi jeroen

thankyou very much for the line and i will certainly put it to good use and i really liked your flies and look forward to the next fly tying competition thankyou :lol: :lol: :z4

andrew
the waterbuoys
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Mike Barrio on 28/03/2007 at 20:12: Hi folks

I have posted the second and third auctions in the "Fly Tying & Rod Building" section of the forum :wink:

Good luck
Best wishes
Mike Barrio
Title: The Barrio Winter Fly Tying Competition
Post by: Dutchfly on 29/03/2007 at 11:57: Hi Andrew,

My pleasure, but in all honesty it's Mike you have to thank. He was so generous to donate the prizes.

I hope you'll catch a lot of fish with the line. Which one did you choose?

All the best from Holland,

Jeroen