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 [...]

Wacky Wobbler

Wacky Wobbler tied by Brandon Barber (with Video): “Needed a fly that replicated the action of a wacky rigged Senko soft plastic bait…..”

Dave’s Hell Raiser

Dave’s Hell Raiser tied by David Aiello: “I came up with pattern one day fishing in the river near my house. A lot of the bass where hitting orange and red big lures. So I went home and came up with this fly.”

Deer Hair Frog

Deer Hair Frog Tied by David Aiello: “I caught 3 bass an a 1/2 hour on this singlr frog. So I gave it to my friend to try and he loves it so much I have been tying them ever since. It is a great pattern….”

Craft Fur Streamer Fly

Craft Fur Streamer tied by Jobina Chia: “Love fishing for Peacock Bass (PB) here in Malaysia. They love chasing after baitfish, and we use to hook them up on Charlies and Clousers….”

The Archbishop

The Archbishop tied by Eric Kelly: “I used Archbishop as the name because of the colors used in tying this up. I enjoy the nostalgia behind traditional wet fly pattern names IE: Professor, Abbey, Pink Lady etc.”

Cross Dresser

Cross Dresser tied by Aaron Letera: “I developed this pattern for steelhead when I became tired of fishing the same old flies on highly pressured waters. It has also caught salmon and even cutthroat trout all over the United States….”

Ugly Damsel

Ugly Damsel Tied by Will Kirousis: “I tinkered a lot with the pattern for a few years, creating what we called “Gertrude”, which was a big super ugly fly, something like a woolly bugger on steroids….”

Steve’s Spuddler

Steve’s Spuddler

Monocacy Bumble Bee

Monocacy Bumble Bee tied by Jeff Price: “I created this pattern after searching for an easy bumble bee pattern that would stand up to the panfish….”

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