Has anyone tried taking a macro picture of a fly with a "contest image" in it? I would think that will be difficult to have them both in focus.

Question - is the image really necessary for this type of contest? I understand using one to prove that fish was caught during a specific time period, but flies don't expire so all that it will prove in this contest is that the picture was taken during the contest time, but the fly could have been tied years ago.

I like the overall contest format, but I'm not sure that requiring the image to be included adds anything more that just making the pictures harder to take.

a very good point Rex, as you can see I am flying by the seat of my pants on this & a pic of a fly is hard enough without a large piece of paper filling the viewfinder...so...the image is null & void.

How about this...make sure the date on your camera is on. That way your photo would be dated. But of course some crafty individual could get around that. But they could with the other image too. I have the date always turned on for my camera. But sometimes MY DAUGHTER likes to turn it off when she takes those photos of herself with MY CAMERA. Sometimes I forget to check the date option, but that won't interfere with trying to take a photo, and it would help weed out old flies someone may of made. This would help ensure it is a new fly, tied for THIS contest.

wont work kelly, not all cameras have a date stamp, I have 2 and I know my Canon (which I use most) doesn't...everyone is on the honor system, its just a contest for fun & not really anything anyone would/should cheat in anyway.

So, to enter you just upload the photos here?

Yes

What about everyone at least donating their contest flies?

that sounds good, BUT some may be (hopefully) entering the best flies they have ever tied & may not want to part with them. I think a "fly drive" for charity could be a whole separate event.

Good point. Sounds like fun!

No dice bro, I fish my flies, and thus decorate the trees under the water. I trust that the fine persons that sell my tying wares contribute for the greater good.

I figured I'd get the ball rollin, I had 4 #12 hooks that I tie lil' boogers on for the bluegills, my first looked good until I took a picture, my next 2 sucked, my last one was barely better than the first but I am out of hooks. These are the normal wooly boogers I tie, nothing special but they do catch bluegills(catfish too)




btw, yes I am heading up this but also entering, I hold no advantage in this,(I seriously hope I don't win, I can tie, but there are much better than me around here) I am NOT a judge, the judges are Dave Speer, Kelkay, RRyne 56...so there, you know who to send bribes to.

I'm in, looks like a fun contest. Time to get to work..

BHR

I'll lash some stuff up for this, should be interesting.

August 31 is still a ways off but I don't figure I'm gonna do anything much better than this by then, just a basic hard-working bass bug...so my; 1) mandatory woolley booger and now my; 2) contest fly are both in.