This is an open championship so all can participate! That means the Championship in Fly Tying is also open for international competitors. You must be 17 or older to participate. Those younger are invited to participate in the Children’s Fly Tying Championship (EWF Master) hosted by the EWF.
Categories
1. Dry Fly (required pattern)
Panama by Umberto Oreglini as shown here: https://youtu.be/x8s7beh2WNg
Fly tying recipe
Hook: Daiichi or your own choice, in size 12
Hook: Dry fly hook #12
Thread: Black
Body: Natural Rafia with 4-5 ribs of black silk at the tail
Ribbing: Brown hackle
Wing: Four as follows: 2 grizzly hackles tips, tied horizontally in the spent-spinner position; two brown hackle tips tied over the other but well separated from them
Tail: Golden pheasant
Hackles: Brown hackles and partridge
1a. Dry Fly
Your own pattern, Hook: Daiichi or your own choice
Both dry flies (1 and 1a) will be judged together. If only one fly is submitted in the overall category, the entry will not be judged.
2. Streamer
Hook: Daiichi or your own choice
3. Realistic Fly
Hook: Daiichi or your own choice
Regulations
• For the “Dry Fly” category, one pattern is required and a second should be your own pattern. This means that the contestant must submit two flies, the required pattern and his or her own pattern.
• It is not required that the flies be tyed on Daiichi hooks. Any brand of hook can be used in all categories if the participant cannot obtain Daiichi hooks.
• A fly tyer can compete in all categories.
• Very important: participants must follow the requirements, otherwise the submitted fly patterns will not be evaluated, that is, they will be disqualified.
Jury and Evaluation of the Submitted Flies
The evaluation of the flies will take place at the EWF 2020. We will announce our jury members in due course.
Awards
After the flies are judged, every participant will receive a promotional package of Daiichi hooks.
The three top participants in each category will receive a certificate, a medal, and they will appear in a German fly-fishing magazine.
Three winners of the 13th Open German Fly Tying Championship will be invited to tie flies at the 16th EWF in April 2021 at the suggestion of Gerd-Peter Wieditz, the initiator of the Open German Fly Tying Championship.
Submissions
Participants must submit, to the address below, each fly packaged separately. Included with each fly must be a detailed fly-tying recipe (tying instructions) and a filled-out application. If a contestant ties several flies, they can be in a single container, but each fly must be separately packaged together with the corresponding tying recipe and filled-out application.
Application
To download the Application Form (a PDF file) click here: Application Form and follow your browser’s directions for downloading to your computer.
Entry Deadline: March 13, 2020
Submissions to be send to:
Experience the World of Fly Fishing
Robert Stroh
Lindenstrasse 8
82031 Grünwald
GERMANY
Website: www.e-w-f.com
The 13th Open German Fly-Tying Championship (2020) is sponsored by Angler Sport Group (Daiichihooks) (http://www.anglersportgroup.com) and the Experience the World of Fly Fishing.
Also look at:
http://flyfishing-blog.com/flyfishing-blog.com/2019/04/20/announcement-of-the-winners-of-the-german-fly-tying-championship/
http://flyfishing-blog.com/flyfishing-blog.com/2019/04/05/judging-german-open-fly-tying-championship-2019/
http://flyfishing-blog.com/flyfishing-blog.com/2019/02/19/german-open-championship-in-fly-tying/