A preliminary part of the Sowbug Roundup was yet another Fly Tying Contest. I had plenty of time to prepare for it this time so I entered every category. You can see all of my entries at a previous post located here.
After spending a considerable amount of time tying the flies … I won another award! It was the Best Soft Hackle. Here is my winning entry:
Best Soft Hackle – Violet Mendori Jun
The award winner for the Best Soft Hackle was a fly called Violet Mendori Jun. This is actually a Tenkara style fly but I guess it was good enough to win the Soft Hackle category.
The fly is actually quite simple but I guess most soft hackle flies are. Besides the hook, the material list includes a violet thread abdomen, a silver wire rib, a gray ostrich herl thorax, and a hen hackle feather dyed dark claret.
I was quite impressed with all the other winners . They were indeed worthy of their respective awards!
Here is a photo of my award:
