The Hard Luck Fly Tournament will be held on Saturday, September 28th at the Watts Area on the Lower Illinois River. We will meet in the Parking Lot between 8:00am and 8:30am. The Tournament will begin at 9:00am and will end at 12:00 noon. A burger and dog lunch will be provided.
There will be five categories of competition:
1) most fish caught,
2) longest fish caught,
3) shortest fish caught,
4) for the person who provided the fly that caught the longest fish, and
5) best hard luck story.
Prizes will be awarded to the winners.
The Rules are as follows:
1. All participants will arrive at Watts WMU between 8:00am to 8:30am and will donate at least two flies to the contest. No restrictions apply to the type of flies to be donated.
2. Additional flies can be purchased from the remaining flies after all participants have collected their two flies.
3. If you have a favorite fly you may want to bring several to contribute. Flies may be commercially purchased, or hand made.
4. Anglers will be paired to make a team of two.
5. Each participant will purchase at least two flies (at $5.00 per fly) to use during the tournament. Team members may consult in making their fly selection. Only tournament purchased flies can be used to score fish for the competition.
6. Tournament will officially begin at 9:00am and end at 12:00 noon.
7. Awards will be presented for
1) shortest fish,
2) longest fish,
3) most fish,
4) the person who provided the fly that caught the largest fish and
5) best hard luck story.
8. String will be provided to participants to record their catches or a photograph with a scale can be used as a record.
9. Lunch will be provided at noon. We’ll swap stories, share tactics and Tournament results will be announced.
10. Contestants can fish for any species.
11. The venue will be limited to public areas of the LIR area from Tenkiller dam to just below the Watts cable.