1. Contest open to all FAOL participants and guests.

2. Distance will be 40 feet, measured from toe line to center of target.

3. Fly, or fly substitute, must land in the target to be awarded a 'HIT'.

4. Equipment must be:
a) fly rod of any length.

b) line weight 0 through 6.

c) leader - tapered and ending with at least 2 feet of 5x tippet, OR, no knot tapered leader with a 5x tip. IN EITHER CASE - the total leader and tippet must be at least 9 feet.

5. Prior to a participants actual casts (the ones that count), they will be allowed as many false casts as they want but only 1 practice cast.

6. After each cast, participants must make at least 1 false cast before making another cast.

7. Each participant will be permitted 10 casts. However, if a participant misses the target on 4 casts, he or she is disqualified at that point.

8. Those who qualify will have a 'Best of 5' cast-off and the winner will be decided based on the highest number of targets hit. If after the first cast-off, the score is tied then there will be additional cast-off rounds until a winner is decided.

GOOD LUCK.

* A judge or a 3 judge panel (majority decision) will decide all questionable calls or matters concerning the interpretation of the above rules.

1. At least 5 tyers are needed for contest.

2. Participants will be asked to tye 3 out of five (5) patterns which work well on Catskill water:

Female Hendrickson (dry)

Adams (dry)

Grey Fox Variant (dry)

Black Nosed Dace (streamer)

Pheasant Tail (nymph)

3. Please bring the necessary tools & materials. You must tye the flies according to the generally accepted pattern recipe.

PROCESS:

4. Participants will pick a pack containing a a)hidden number, b)numbered toe tags and c)registration slip.

5. The flies to be tyed will be announced.

6. Tyers will:

a) Register (look at #, write name on slip and put slip in a Registration Box).

b) Tie the flies.

c) place a toe tag on each fly.

d) put each of their flies in the appropriate 'pattern box.'

7. The judges will not watch the tying.

8. Participants flies will be judged on a 10 point system (10 = best, 9 = next, and so on.)

9. The number of the tyer with the top total score for the 3 flies from all judges will be declared the high score. At that time the tyer's names will be revealed and the winner will be announced. In case of a tie there will be a one(1) fly 'tye-off', similarly judged.