jude Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 It's that time of year again. Time to hone your creative skills and come up with a pattern or two to enter in the annual Blowout Fly Tying Contest. Being the reigning undisputed heavyweight champion tier of the 2008 Blowout, I have many perks, duties, and responsibilities. Other than the use of a bronze Cadillac for a year, my favorite perk is that I get to choose the theme for the next contest. I think we're due for a topwater, so I'm going to go with a frog. Foam, fur, whatever works. Bring as many patterns as you'd like to the Blowout. Time to get tying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rich mc Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 time to get Hopping... lol. this contest always teaches us a new material, type of hook or something we can all learn from. best of all is all the flies are combined for a raffle prize. imagine winning over a dozen or so frog patterns . jude has won 2 of the last three years his reign is about to end . rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 well I'll toss one in for the heck of it. I dont really fish frogs or tie them for that matter , but I'll give it a shot anyway. I've only ever tied 4-5 of them. but its all in fun anyway and I get to tie something different than my usual carp flies. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rich mc Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 in 2008,the last cut of all the contest flies were tank tested to see how theyreact in or under water. so bear that in mind. judges last year were the idnr biologist, our science director and a long time fly tyer. flies can be sent to john or rich.or brought to our fly tying sessions. or bring to the blowout. there is no limit on patterns that can be submitted rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael T Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 undisputed heavyweight champion tier .... .... harrumph..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted December 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Well...look what the cat dragged in! It's Mr.T! I pity the fool that thinks he's gonna dethrone me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rich mc Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 the frogs are multipling fast.i have two for the contest and about 6 extra frogs for my topwater fly box. had to take a break from the frogs and work on a bunch of crayfish. sunday i'll tank test a hula grub imitation fly. rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Start pitying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Start pitying! Oh crap. Now the big dogs are comin' after me. I need to learn to keep my piehole shut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rich mc Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 jude, do you have the pattern written down for the winning craw fly last year. have you tied up more of themsince last year rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 jude, do you have the pattern written down for the winning craw fly last year. have you tied up more of themsince last year rich I hate to say it, but I have to answer "no" to both questions. I never drag the bottom with flies, so never even tried the fly. I'll be sure to write down the recipe when I concoct the winning frog. Ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael T Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Well...look what the cat dragged in! It's Mr.T! More like what the Bulldog dragged in. I've been laying low, honing and polishing my tying skills, waiting to take back my precioussssSSS. Smeagol knows about frogs....my preciousssssss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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