Our Annual Halloween Tying Contest is always a huge hit! We are finding that distractions in the age of Covid-19 are a good thing. We are again asking you to show off your tying talents this Autumn by creating a fly (either standard hook, shank, or tube fly) that incorporates a colour scheme or Halloween themed look! There will be a fur and feather selection prizes chosen from our most popular tying materials. First Prize valued at $300, Second Prize $150, Third Prize $100! Prize packs will be mailed out to the lucky three winners in early November. The rules are simple:
• Opens on September 18th and closes Halloween night at midnight.
• Post a good quality picture to Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter. Tag the picture with #CTFCHalloweenContest. You can enter as many patterns as you like.
• Like our Instagram page.
• Tagging a friend or two in your post would be appreciated.
• If you are not big on social media, please email your picture (or pictures) of your pattern to canadiantubeflies@shaw.ca
• Allow us to share the pictures on our Facebook, Pintrest, Twitter, and Instagram Pages.
During the first week of November, our staff will vote on the winners and we will be in touch with the lucky three prize recipients! Here is some of the feedback we heard form our in-house judges about what caught their eyes last year....
• We (as you can imagine because of our name)love to see tube flies....though we always like to see beautiful looking entries on hooks and shanks too.
• They do not all have to be just orange and black....creativity in both styles and themes always stands out!
• Entertaining names attached to the patterns really makes an entry pop.
• Using some of our tying products in the patterns stands out too.
• Good pictures always make an entry eye catching. Creative pictures with interesting Halloween backgrounds always turns heads.
Here are some of the entries into the contest from this, and past years.....perfect for some inspiration!
