In 2012, EFFA launched its open European fly tying championship. It became well known within a short time and also fly tyers on the other side of the Atlantic have entered the winner lists in the past. Every fly tyer from beginner to professional is eligible to participate. The only condition: The flies must meet the criteria of the announcement and be sent in duplicate.
The jury of the EFFA OPEN International Fly Tying Competition 2026 consisting of Peter Kunz, Martin Weidisch and Bernhard Nussbaumer carefully checked all flies and selected three winners each in the categories dry fly, nymph and streamer.
Dry Fly
1 Sternad Miha (CH)
2 Klötzer Philipp (DE)
3 Kölle Christiani (DE)
4 Gastaldi Francesco (IT)
4 Ebersback Heinz-Michael (DE)
6 Klemisch Peter (DE)
7 Weiß Fredo (DE)
8 Mühling Arthur (DE)
9 Belotti Vincenzo (CH)
9 Alberti Dennis (IT)
11 Chapa Manuel Martin (ES)
12 Gazzetta Moreno (CH)
13 De Togni Alessandro (IT)
14 Doppelhofer Christoph (AT)
15 Pallas Dinos (GR)
15 Hayes Donal (IE)
17 Stöckli Alexander (LI)
17 Tovilo Mijo (AT)
19 Aben Jan (NL)
20 Streif Charly (DE)
21 Maguhna Regine (DE)
22 Molakuke Parim (DE)
23 Tovilo Julia (AT)
Nymph
1 Streif Charly (DE)
2 De Togni Alessandro (IT)
3 Stöckli Alexander (LI)
4 Chapa Manuel Martin (ES)
5 Gazzetta Moreno (CH)
5 Hayes Donal (IE)
6 Gastaldi Francesco (IT)
7 Molakuke Parim (DE)
8 Sternad Miha (CH)
9 Bidder Christian (DE)
11 Belotti Vincenzo (CH)
11 Ebersback Heinz-Michael (DE)
11 Fiebig Vinzenz (DE)
14 Klemisch Peter (DE)
15 Tovilo Julia (AT)
15 Maguhna Regine (DE)
17 Pallas Dinos (GR)
18 Tovilo Mijo (AT)
Streamer
1 Hayes Donal (IE)
2 De Togni Alessandro (IT)
3 Schimanski Volker (DE)
4 Pallas Dinos (GR)
5 Tovilo Mijo (AT)
6 Klemisch Peter (DE)
7 Molakuke Parim (DE)
8 Sternad Miha (CH)
9 Belotti Vincenzo (CH)
9 Ebersbach Heinz-Michael (DE)
11 Weiß Fredo (DE)
12 Maguhna Regine (DE)
13 Gazzetta Moreno (CH)
14 Tovilo Julia (AT)
15 Norgall Danny (DE)
Source: https://www.effa.info/ranking-effa-open.html.
https://www.effa.info/flies-effa-open.html.
