Fun fly tying “competition”

[Paul_]

I had a group of friends over for an evening of bs’ing and fly tying. During the get together I had a fly tying contest.
The rules-

1. Each participant must incorporate five designated odd/random pieces of materials into their fly.
2. Each participant is given a bag of scrap materials picked up under my fly tying desk to use or not use in their fly.
3. The participants are given 2 minutes to look over the materials and come up with ideas.
4. The participants are then given 10 minutes to tie their fly.
5. The winner is determined by me. I will fish each fly at a local warmwater fishery. The first fish the contest fly catches is the entry. The biggest fish wins.

Here are the flies and results in order of finish (smallest to biggest fish)-

5th place


4th place


3rd place


2nd place


1st place

 

[Zak]

I had a group of friends over for an evening of bs’ing and fly tying. During the get together I had a fly tying contest.
The rules-

1. Each participant must incorporate five designated odd/random pieces of materials into their fly.
2. Each participant is given a bag of scrap materials picked up under my fly tying desk to use or not use in their fly.
3. The participants are given 2 minutes to look over the materials and come up with ideas.
4. The participants are then given 10 minutes to tie their fly.
5. The winner is determined by me. I will fish each fly at a local warmwater fishery. The first fish the contest fly catches is the entry. The biggest fish wins.

Here are the flies and results in order of finish (smallest to biggest fish)-

5th place
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4th place
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3rd place
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2nd place
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1st place
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That sounds like a fun time! Great idea for a party game.