J. Stockard is holding their first fly tying contest which includes four different categories. Dry flies, nymphs, streamers, and all others like poppers for example.

The prizes include gift certificates that you can use online at J. Stockard.

BEST FLY – $250
1st Place in each category – $100
2nd Place in each category – $50
3rd Place in each category – $25

For all of the rules and details check out their contest page that explains everything.
https://www.jsflyfishing.com/fly_tying_contest

Fly Tying Contest Official #spookystreamer rules below:
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1. Tie a streamer
2. Post the Streamer to your Instagram Account (not Facebook or other venues)
3. Write #spookystreamer in the caption of the post so the judges can find it.
4. Do it before the end of ‪31st of October (Midnight MST‬), 2019
5. Winner will be announced ‪Nov 1st‬ (Pending Judges)
6. Simple as that, no accounts to follow, no tag three buddies, no tricks just the treat of having fun tying some streamers around Halloween. Enter as many times as you want, repost old flies (anything posted before this post in the feed WILL NOT BE JUDGED, in other words you can not add this hashtag to old photos)
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What is a Streamer? Google tells us that they are bigger flies that you fish on an active retrieve. It is the fly-fishing equivalent of a conventional lure. So tie up some meat and submit it to the contest. The winner will be judged by 5 very experienced streamer tyers. The streamer will be judged on:
1. Creativity (Halloween Themed)
2. Durability
3. Fishability
4. Bin Appeal
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There will be one winner, the Prize will include:
-@douglasoutdoors LSR Rod to toss the streamers you tie up (6 or 8 wgt, winners choice).
-@ahrexhooks 10 packs of streamer hooks to tie some more and some stickers.
-@frankenfly a pack of every color of Vampire Sheep Hair and WereWolf Hair
-@jsflyfishing $50 Gift card to replenish your tying materials
-@spawnflyfish 15 Crew Boss heads and 2 shank packs and 5 packs of bling rabbit strips
-@flyskinz 9 packs of Thin finz tails, Stickers and a Buff
-@whitingfarms 2 American rooster Capes and 1 Coq de Leon rooster cape and a American streamer pack.
-@fireholeoutdoors Svendflies Magnetic Fly Bench
-@tackyflyfish 1 predator box to store all your new streamers in.
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By Reposting this Contest Video you will be eligible to win a Svendflies T-shirt, stickers, a Crew boss Single head pack with shanks from Spawnflyfish and also a pack of Frankenflys hair. Must repost ‪before Midnight October 22‬ (MST) to be eligible. 5 Total winners drawn at random ‪on October 23.‬ You can use a repost app, or DM me and I will send the video and details for you to repost.
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*Contest is open to anyone, anywhere. However, in the event that you are an international winner (not in the US), all items will be declared at value and may be due to import taxes or duties for your country that we will not be responsible for*
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**In the event of a tie using the point system from the judges, the winner will be determined by if the two account entries follow me and the above companies whos products I love and use. So you should probably follow them because they are awesome and if it is a tie, the more you follow the better chance you have of breaking the tiebreaker. But as mentioned, you are not required to follow to enter and win.**
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***winner must be willing to mail me the winning fly***

Erik Svendsen @svenddiesel on Instagram recently hosted an interesting fly tying contest on Instagram. To see more details about what the Svendify Fly Tying Contest was, see my previous post to advertise the contest. This contest really brought out the creativity with many contestants throwing the rule book out the window. The primary focus was below, provided by Erik Svendsen, the host of the contest.

Question, What is Svendify Methodology. Answer, have fun at the vise. Tie something new, add some flash, try a new color, or simply be creative. The winner will be judged by 5 random judges, who understand what Svendify is.
More specifically it will be judged on:
1. Creativity
2. Durability
3. Fishability
4. Bin appeal
5. Likely hood that it will catch a fish

So there were over 500 entries in this contest and there was one winner. The winner was an 8-bit style Perch popper tied by Timothy Hildebrand @1_timbo_slice on Instagram.

Below are more entries that were very interesting, so check them out. They names provided are their Instagram handles.

Erik said he would like to thank the companies that supported him for this contest. J. Stockard Fly Fishing, Semperfli, Nature’s Spirit, Stealth Hooks, Fly Skinz, and Spawn Fly Fish.

**fly tying contest for fly tying prizes**. Head over to Instagram and check out this fly tying contest and make a post.

The rules are here, but the contest is all on Instagram so any posts to Facebook won’t be entered.

From Instagram:”#Svendify Fly Tying Contest Rules:

1. Tie a Fly using the Svendfiy methodology
2. Post the fly to Instagram
3. Write #Svendify in the caption of the post so the judges can find it
4. Do it before the end of ‪the 24th of July (Midnight MST‬)
5. Winner will be announced the 25th
6. Simple as that, no accounts to follow, no tag 3 buddies, no tricks, just fun. Enter as many times as you want, repost old flies, but anything posted before this post won’t count (can’t add the hashtag to old photos)

Question, What is Svendify Methodology. Answer, have fun at the vise. Tie something new, add some flash, try a new color, or simply be creative. The winner will be judged by 5 random judges, who understand what Svendify is.
More specifically it will be judged on:
1. Creativity
2. Durability
3. Fishability
4. Bin appeal
5. Likely hood that it will catch a fish

There will be one winner, the prize will include:
– $200 gift card to J. Stockard Fly Fishing
-Master Tyer Wet Set of hooks from @stealthflyproducts ($150)
– 40 Spawn Fly Fish blank heads assorted ($70)
-Bag of my favorite tying materials ($100) Semperfli Nature’s Spirit Fly Tying @flyskinz
– SvendFlies t-shirt and stickers (priceless because its not available yet)

Also, if you have made it this far and are still reading, anyone who reposts this post and video to their feed ‪before Sunday the 14th at 12 noon‬ (MST) will be entered to get a Svendflies t-shirt and stickers (5 Winners)
Good luck. .
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** if the winner is international, there could be some issues in regards to import taxes and fees but that can be determined if the winner is not in the US**
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***In the event of a tie using the point system, the winner will be determined by if they follow me and any of the companies who support me. So maybe you might want to follow them because they are awesome and have good stuff but not a requirement to enter. ***

New Fly Tying Contest hosted by Flymen Fishing Company, see Flymen’s information below!

Show Us What You’ve Got!

We’ve seen more and more photos on social media of amazing flies tied by fly tyers like you.

The flies we’ve seen are just the tip of the iceberg, so we’re holding a fly tying contest on Instagram to help you show off your patterns to the world and give you the chance to win grand prizes from Flymen Fishing Co., Howler Brothers, Rep Your Water, Loon Outdoors, Kona Fishing Products, Hareline Dubbin, Taylor Fly Fishing, and Cortland Line.

It’s Easy to Enter – Tie a Fly and Snap a Picture

1. Tie a fly that integrates a Flymen fly tying material (Fish-Skull®, Nymph-Head®, or Surface Seducer®) and take a photo of it.
2. Post the photo on Instagram, list the Flymen material(s) you used, tag @flymenfishingco, @howlerbros, @repyourwater, @loonoutdoors, @konafishing, @harelinedubbin, @taylorflyfishing, and @cortlandline in your post (make sure you’re following all of us!), and hashtag #FlymenFlyTyingFreeForAll2019.

6 Weekly Winners

The Flymen team will vote to choose 1 weekly winner for 6 weeks. Winners will be announced on the Friday of each week, starting Friday, April 19th.

The criteria for winning can be anything from realism to creativity, so go crazy with your design. Streamers, nymphs, and foam flies are all welcome. We love seeing innovative ideas.

Entries are eligible to win through the duration of the contest, meaning a photo you post on the first week could be a winner on the last week.

I posted some fly photos before the contest started… Can I enter them in the contest?

Photos from the past can be entered in the contest, BUT they must be re-posted (simply adding the hashtag on a photo from 3 months ago doesn’t count).

The Final Round

At the end of the 6 weeks, we will re-post the 6 winning flies on a webpage for a voting period.

After the voting period, the prizes will be awarded to the fly tyers in order based on how many votes they received.

Everyone who votes in the final round will be entered into a sweepstakes to have the chance to win the same 6 prizes as the fly tyers! So even if you don’t win a prize in the contest, you may walk away with a great prize pack just from voting!

Learn More at the Flymen Fishing Company website blog.

HMH FLY TYING CONTEST!
Presented by HMH Vises
(This is a special November contest using turkey feathers as one of the materials.)

RULES:
1. Use your HMH Vise and tie a fly, including turkey feathers somewhere in your fly.
2. Take a picture of it.
3. Please include your HMH vise in the photo in some way.
4. Post your photo on Instagram or Facebook and use the hashtag #hmhturkeyfly
5. Be sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook.

The contest runs between Monday, Nov. 12th and Friday, November 30th. The HMH management team will then vote on the finalists. Finalists will be posted to the HMH Instagram page on Tuesday Dec. 4th. An email will be sent to all of the HMH Pro Team members and they will vote on the winner. The winner will be announced on Friday, Dec. 7th. Criteria for winning will be a well tied, well designed, and creative fly. A new design will have a better chance of making the finals.

Winner will receive an HMH Deluxe Tool Set. Estimated value is $150.00.

***HMH Pro Team Members are not eligible to participate.

LOOP and SemperFli are sponsoring a fly tying contest for everyone. It doesn’t matter what country you are in. More details are in the image below. Check it out!

Gentlemen, thread your bobbins.

We love tying articulated flies and if you ask us, winter is one of the best times of year to whip them up at the vise. We’ve seen more and more photos on social media of amazing articulated flies tied by tyers like you with shanks from the Flymen Articulated Shank family.

The flies we’ve seen are just the tip of the iceberg, so we’re holding a fly tying contest on Instagram to help you show off your patterns to the world and give you the chance to win grand prizes from Renzetti, Taylor Fly Fishing, and Ahrex Hooks as well as weekly Flymen prize packs!

Orvis had to get in on the fun as well. If you take part in voting in the final round to decide the winner you’ll have the chance to win a Helios3 Fly Rod!

See all of the details and how to enter at Flymen Fishing Company.