GRAND PRIZE WINNER IS……
After tough, tough deliberations from the judges the placing for the Feather-Craft Fly Tying Contest are as follows...
Marsh Minnow
Tied and Submitted by Dirk Burton: "Work slowly over shells or grass. This fly pushes a fair amount of water, and you can speed up the retrieve sometimes to generate reaction strikes...."
Matt’s EP Minnow
Tied and Submitted by Matt Meahan: "I tied this fly to represent small bait-fish(smolt mainly) on its way back to the ocean. Big trout in Alaska love smashing smolt balls in the spring..."
Freshwater Flies
Tied and Submitted by: Marc Procopio Pattern Recipe: Hook-TMC 9395 #6-10 Bead-Tungsten Thread-Black...
Tied and Submitted by: Matt Meahan Pattern Recipe: Hook: Cheap streamer hook and...
Tied and Submitted by: Marc Procopio Pattern Recipe: 40/40 Pro Tube with Pro Flexi...
Tied and Submitted by: Mike Brinkac Pattern Recipe: Ingredients: 1. Hook: Lightning...
Tied and Submitted by: Jason Estrella Pattern Recipe: Hook: Mustad 34007 Sz. 2-8 Thread: ...
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Saltwater Flies
Tied and Submitted by: Dirk Burton Pattern Recipe: Marsh Minnow by Dirk Burton Target...
Tied and Submitted by: Jason Estrella Pattern Recipe: Hook: Mustad 34007 Sz. 2-8 Thread: ...
Tied and Submitted by: Joe Cruz Pattern Recipe: Hook: Tmc #4 811s Thread 6/0 Tan Body:...
Tied and Submitted by Jason Estrella Pattern Recipe: Hook: Mustad 34011 (bent into...
Tied and Submitted by: Joe Cruz Pattern Recipe: Hook: TMC 811S #4 Thread: 6/0 Hot...
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Contest News, Tips & More
After tough, tough deliberations from the judges the placing for the Feather-Craft Fly Tying Contest are as follows: GRAND PRIZE Winner: Greg Saunders’ Femme Fatale 2nd Place: Mark Defrank’s Wiggle Damsel 3rd Place: Brian Kozminski’s Hex Emerger Congratulations guys, we have some solid prizes in store you. Thanks again to everyone... [Read more of this review]
And the winners are……
After another awesome year at the Feather-Craft Fly Tying Contest……we have our winners. As you all know, there are 3 top places, a grand prize, second place, and third. These places are still in the judges hands but the top 3 patterns are(in no specific order): Mark Defrank’s Wiggle Damsel Brian Kozminski’s Hex Emerger Greg... [Read more of this review]
We recently received an email from the 2010 Grand Prize winner Dean Myers. Dean won the Grand Prize of a bunch of schwag from Sage, Rio, Renzetti, Fishpond, and more along with a Shadow Box of amazing flies tied by some of the most well-known fly tiers in the business….with his fly, the Chain Gang in the middle. With the lineup of names... [Read more of this review]
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