Flies to tie

[Mark Hanes]

yep you got it. Keep us posted on what you are tying.

[Ronnie Christie]

Dejon,

Many thanks for the advice  your are right I have plenty of Stillwater patterns and from looking through the site you guys don’t seem to have anything we don’t.  The only difference on the British circuit we don’t use flys over size 10 and they aren’t weighted.

Ronnie

[Mark Hanes]

Ronnie,

nothing over SZ 10? I did not know that. Is there any reasoning or ruling that is causing that?  It is always interesting to hear how you guys do things in other parts of the world.

Thanks,
Mark

[Ronnie Christie]

Mark, its always been that way and when I say Sz 10 its also short shank.
Its actual a good thing it means you really have to use the grey matter to present a team of flies at the right depth from a drifting boat.

Ronnie

[Mark Hanes]

I can see a real advantage as far as dropping fish.  The smaller hooks with the shorter shank would help hold fish better.  Thanks for the clarification it gives me something else to think about when I am tying lake flies.

[Ronnie Christie]

Mark,

No problems anything I help with from our side then just ask I have been competition fishing Lakes for over 15yrs now so and am looking Fwd to the Canadian National later this year.

[Todd Oishi]

Hey Ronnie,

Here's a link to the latest update on our Canadian NFFC (it was just posted a few hours ago):  
http://www.flyfishingcanada.net/index.php?p=news&page_id=FFC8_Update1&ptype=updates

Cheers,
Todd

[Robbie Bell]

Hi There,

In most major UK Loch Style Competitions the maximum length of a hook is 5/8 of an inch which equated to an old standard shank size 10.
In addition the maximum overall length of a fly including the hook is 15/16th of an inch.

This might seem an odd size but it is the hook length plus 50%.

We are also not allowed to use flies that are additionally weighted...so no metal beads or lead wire or excessive copper wire. I think this rule was brought in for safety reasons because there is usually one person casting "through the boat"

Our first rule in the book is that the competition should be carried out in the spirit and tradition of the sport.

That I think is where the fly size rule comes from.

The English rules which are broadly similar to the rest of the UK can be found here.

http://www.ceff.org.uk/ceffrules.html

Loch Style Competitions have been held in Scotland for well over a hundred years and the Home Internationals go back to around 1928.

A book on the history of Fly Fishing Competions was written by Tony Pawson many years ago and second hand copies can be found. Tony went on to become the first ever World Fly Fishing Champion around 1982.

Best Regards

robbie

[Lance Egan]

Robbie,

Thanks for the UK insight.  The rules and history of fly fishing in your part of our world is very interesting to me.




Todd,

This was probably talked about on here somewhere earlier, but I just saw the Canadian FFC results.  Congrats on your Bronze Medal finish!  Please congratulate John Nishi for me next time you talk to him. 
Well done!

[Ronnie Christie]

Todd,

That’s appreciated any updates would be great,  Todd I presume all the lakes get boats put onto them for the match period.  Do you get to use a drogue? If so do they provide or can I use my own.

Well done on the Medal lets hope I get in a boat with you.

Ronnie