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| You Can Only Pick Two |
The 1st Annual Small Stream 2-Fly Challenge will take place on Saturday May 14th. It will be held on a stream somewhere in Connecticut an attended by a group of small stream anglers. The challenge is the angler can pick only 2 flies to fish with. They can be dry, nymph, wet, or streamer. He can use only those flies he has selected. Once those flies are lost by any means the angler is finished. The angler will keep track of what he has taken, and other interesting tidbits of their outing. Upon the completion which will be about 2 hours we will meet back where we assembled and determine a winner.
We will have a little cook-out and swap stories of the event. It's going to be a great day, and if we have good weather it should make for a memorable time.
I'm going to make a shadow box and use the flies we used for the challenge. Along with the flies I'll list which ones were used by each of the anglers and include some of their thoughts. We hope to put the flies up for a raffle and use the money raised for a donation to one of several conservation groups.
This is going to be a fun day. I hope it can continue on an annual basis.
Wonderful idea Brk Trt!!! I like the idea of a raffle and maybe the donations can go to a Brook Trout related conservation group!!
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Pete hopefully it will fetch a good amount.
Alan
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to raise funds for a local trout unlimited club. Impressed with the shadowbox and the way the flies are displayed. Are those corks the flies are hooked in?
Are you still using blogger, or is this format something else?
Thanks for sharing
Bill Trussell
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Bill they are tiny corks. I think they look pretty good.
I'm still with google-blogger...this post was made at 6:42 am and is just now showing
I miss the usual way of your blog .. good fishing contest idea I wish I could participate in it but I'm a little far ..! the picture looks very nice with flies .. Alan good luck and congratulations.
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Armando I felt a little change would be good. I wish you were closer so you could join us.
Alan sounds like a great day to spend a day with fellow fisherman. My problem would be deciding on which two flies,I think that would be a great idea anytime you go fishing. Good luck with the challenge and hope you raise a bunch of money.
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Brad with a box full of flies choosing just two will be a tough one. It should be fun.
Sounds like a fun day, Alan. My flies would be Ausable Bomber and an orange body soft hackle. Good luck to all participants!
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Sam your 2 choices would do OK, I'm sure they will be in the mix.
I so wish I could go, have a great outing!
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Rowan it should be an interesting and fun time.
Sounds like a great time...enjoy!
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Jeff we will indeed enjoy.
Sounds awesome! You guys have fun!
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Will it should be a fun time.
Cool concept. Looking forward to the write up. Have fun.
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Kierran patterned after the Ausable River 2-fly.
Should be fun.
Sounds like a great time!! There's a very similar fly competition around my parts in Southwest Wisconsin in the Driftless, but it's 1 fly. That shadow box is a great idea, and what you plan on doing with it's proceeds is even better. Hats off to all of you!
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