Flytyer

Are you planning on using the counter as a cutting board too? My son in Petty Harbour just did his about a year ago and he made an insert for use as the cutting board which is treated with beeswax while the rest a wipe on finish we got here from Lee Valley. He says it's standing up well.

I saw on the news last night they want to add more of them around the city, not surprised at that at all.

Maybe time to re-evaluate how you drive

Seems like most hosts are going this route, I personally use Google Drive but it has it's limits too, but then again I use it for sending large files to clients.

Winning fly photos can be seen here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=718604094825882&set=pcb.718616581491300&type=1&theater

I love that shrimp Don

Please keep the mentioning of breaking the law out of this forum. Enough said.

I suppose technically lead or wire for weight and beads could be deemed as material. When you look at the leeches I doesn't know for sure if weight is added under the body. There are no real hard and fast rules just doing this to get the guys to experiment a bit.

The guideline for this challenge states 2 materials. I know of several others that require only one material component. Looks good otherwise RedBeard.

Good one Don, I was aware of the leech but I didn't have any marabou either and really didn't want to buy any more materials but I would up buying some steely blue ice dub anyway for another project that I'm working on at the moment.

The idea for the new challenge for this week comes from playing around with what I had to work with at last weekend's FF Expo. Originally I want to do a bunch of different hoppers and I didn't have the proper hooks or substitutes for and none of the vendors had anything suitable either. So I tied some flies with what I had available. For this challenge you can only use 2 materials in addition to your thread and hook. This one will make you think about how best to use the that you choose. Good luck.

No and I personally don't believe in most contests. I find that many that enter contests feel they need to prove something to everyone or for their own self promotion. That does mean I'm necessarily right and those that enter contests are wrong it's just my personal feelings on it. Fishing contests on the other hand are a completely different story, that I 'm not going to get into here as it isn't the right place for it.

Yes I was there

I think the judging was done later on Sunday afternoon but not totally sure on that.

My guess if you didn't hear anything you didn't win but you can inquire here: office@flyfishingevents.com

Due to the show this past weekend there is no new challenge this week but the first two challenges are open to submit to. Actual all the challenges will be left open so that newcomers and or those who are not sure at the original posting time can submit. There will be a new challenge next week.

I'll be there for a bit.

I'm sure that will work but I have never seen a shell type back on the woven part before. I like your thought process on that, (thinking out side the box). Just goes to show you that there are no hard and fast rules when it comes to tying. Imagination is king.

This week's challenge allows any materials you want or have on hand. The only requirement is that some part of the fly must be woven. Compared to last week this one is way easier. Have fun.

You can do as many as you want. Yhe idwa of the challenges is to try new things that you may not have tried before

You got the idea there NoSlack. Anyone else try it yet. I have several that I'll post when there are more responses.

The first challenge will be to tie a fly that must have a hackle but you may not use any material that comes from a bird of any kind. Feel free to use any other material you wish just as long it does not come from a bird.Have fun with this. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

We'll give it a try. Look for the details on Sunday. The first one will be interesting for many of you I'm sure.

I am thinking of bring them back for the winter months; anyone interested? Here's an example from the past: http://flyfishcalgary.com/board/index.php?showtopic=6851&hl=%2Btying+%2Bchallenge

Try beads and plenty more, there are at least 2 locations in town.