And The Winners Are...

Sorry this took so long to get up, I received about 275 entries (individual photos) into this year's 2014 Photo Contest. I spent all day yesterday judging photos and almost called a draw in multiple categories...the submissions were phenomenal, some of the best I've seen. The gear we're giving away this year is pretty ridiculous, seriously, its well over $1,000!

If you need a little refresher, heres how the photo contest worked...

Rules:

-Photos were submitted to us for judging

-Max of 4 pictures per person (one per category).

-The categories were:

• Best Picture
• Biggest Carp
• Prettiest Carp
• Ugliest Carp

-1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners were be selected for each category.

-Submissions were due by August 24th, 2014 by 8am.

So who won and what did they win you win you ask? Drumroll please...

Best Picture -

1st Place -  Ben Eastman won a custom Vedavoo Tight Lines Sling. Ben, you pick the color, as with all Vedavoo products, its made 100% in the USA and made to order! 1 pair of Dizm Eco Eyewear shades -$225 Value

2nd Place - Courtney New won a Handcrafted Wetfly Net (medium) and 1 pair of Dizm Eco Eyewear shades. -$155 Value

3rd Place - Woodson Boughton a Wetfly Farmer John Hat and a Cheeky Fly Fishing beverage koozie and reel pouch. -$50 Value

Biggest Carp -

1st Place - Matt Simms won a mixed bag of 12wt Apparel's newest, freshly-launched gear and colors and set of Goat Head Gear Sole Spikes - $150 Value

2nd Place - Hunter Watson won a Handcrafted Wetfly Net (medium) and set of Goat Head Gear Sole Spikes. -$85 Value

3rd Place -  Seth Green won a BadAxe Design Carp Hat and set of Goat Head Gear Sole Spikes. -$50 Value

Prettiest Carp -

1st Place - Seth Green won a custom, made-to-order, Nature Boy Designs "Con Mas" 550 Lanyard, a dozen Feather-Craft carp flies, and a Feather-Craft "Meat Locker" Fly Box. -$110 Value

2nd Place - Matus Sobolic won a dozen CarpPro carp flies, mix bag of stickers, and a Cheeky Fly Fishing beverage koozie and reel pouch. -$70 Value

3rd Place - Brandon Morrison won BadAxe Design Patch, The Fly Trout shirt and a Loon Outdoors hat. -$50 Value

Ugliest Carp -

1st Place - Caleb Corona won an assorted bag of Bozeman Fly Goods' brand-new Bug Collars, a bag full of Allen Fly Fishing carp hooks, and a BadAxe Design Carp Hat. -$110 Value.

2nd Place - Larry Dostal won a WV Angler Sun Mask (Buff) and a Feather-Craft "Meat Locker" Fly Box. -$80 Value

3rd Place - Chad Shaner won BadAxe Design Patch, The Fly Trout shirt and a Loon Outdoors hat. -$50 Value

Congratulations to all of our winners! Be sure to send us an email at tltffcarpweek@gmail.com letting us know your mailing address and we will have things shipped out ASAP. Please take time to thank the companies that sponsored this year's Carp Week.

Same time, same place next year, the week after 'Shark Week'...Carp Week 2015 is due to be enormous. This year we peaked out at numbers that were completely unfathomable. From here on the blog to our social media pages...well over 20,000 unique views...whoa. You guys are awesome, thank you so much for supporting and following TLTFF!

Boom...Morgan

Carp Week 2014 Photo Contest - LESS THAN 24 HOURS REMAIN

So far we've received about 250 entries (individual photos) into this year's 2014 Photo Contest. The gear we're giving away this year is pretty ridiculous, seriously, its well over $1,000...that YOU could win! I figured, since there is 24 hours left until the contest ends, I'd give you a little more stoke to sleep on once you've submitted your photos knowing what it is you could potentially win.

If you need a little refresher, heres how the photo contest works...

Rules:

-Submit all photos to TLTFFCarpWeek@gmail.com with the subject line "Carp Week Photo Contest". 

-Max of 4 pictures per person (one per category).

-Picture must be in PNG or JPEG format.

-The categories will be as follows:

• Best Picture
• Biggest Carp
• Prettiest Carp
• Ugliest Carp

-1st, 2nd, and 3rd place will be selected for each category and will win some sick gear from the companies listed above.

-Submissions are due by August 24th, 2014 by 8am.

-Winners will be announced on (Sunday) August 24th through a blog post in the afternoon.

-Any questions can be directed to tightlinedtalesofaflyfisherman@gmail.com

So what do you win you ask? You may want to sit down for this, the prizes are pretty unreal...

Best Picture -

1st Place - Custom Vedavoo Tight Lines Sling. You pick the color, as with all Vedavoo products, its made 100% in the USA and made to order! 1 pair of Dizm Eco Eyewear shades -$225 Value

2nd Place - Handcrafted Wetfly Net (medium) and 1 pair of Dizm Eco Eyewear shades. -$155 Value

3rd Place - A Wetfly Farmer John Hat and a Cheeky Fly Fishing beverage koozie and reel pouch. -$50 Value

Biggest Carp -

1st Place - 12wt Apparel mixed bag of their newest, freshly-launched gear and colors and set of Goat Head Gear Sole Spikes - $150 Value

2nd Place - Handcrafted Wetfly Net (medium) and set of Goat Head Gear Sole Spikes. -$85 Value

3rd Place -  BadAxe Design Carp Hat and set of Goat Head Gear Sole Spikes. -$50 Value

Prettiest Carp -

1st Place - A custom, made-to-order, Nature Boy Designs "Con Mas" 550 Lanyard, a dozen Feather-Craft carp flies, and a Feather-Craft "Meat Locker" Fly Box. -$110 Value

2nd Place - A dozen CarpPro carp flies, a Cheeky Fly Fishing beverage koozie and reel pouch. -$50 Value

3rd Place - BadAxe Design Patch, The Fly Trout shirt and a Loon Outdoors hat. -$50 Value

Ugliest Carp -

1st Place - An assorted bag of Bozeman Fly Goods' brand-new Bug Collars, a bag full of Allen Fly Fishing carp hooks, and a BadAxe Design Carp Hat. -$110 Value.

2nd Place - A WV Angler Sun Mask (Buff) and a Feather-Craft "Meat Locker" Fly Box. -$80 Value

3rd Place - BadAxe Design Patch, The Fly Trout shirt and a Loon Outdoors hat. -$50 Value

I hope you were sitting down for all of that. As you can see, pretty crazy. Even in 3rd place your walking away with $50 in gear, just for sending in a photo of a carp you caught! This is by-far the largest giveaway we've ever done both in value and sheer size. It only happens once a year, during Carp Week, so dig through your computer and phones photo libraries and send those photos in by tomorrow at 8am!

Boom...Morgan

Fish Art...Scalefish Studios + Giveaway

Nate Karnes of Scalefish Studio and I connected earlier this year when I was tagged in one of his photo on Instagram. I scrolled through his IG feed and eventually found myself liking almost all of his photos. I fell in love with his creative nature and the passion behind that creativity.

Nate and I began to talk and before I knew it, I had a decal with his famous "Pig Brown Trout" print (see above photo) on my YETI, one of my favorite and most mentioned stickers of all my cooler real estate. Nate and I spoke back and forth for awhile and he came up with a print only an east coast striped bass fisherman would love...the "Striper Cow".

All of his animal art is play on words to match what we nickname large fish of a certain species. It works so well together, thats what makes it so unique. Here are a few other examples of what he has to offer...

 

Where does this all fit into Carp Week you ask...well it just so happens that Nate's latest masterpiece, titled "Pig Carp", was released a few days prior to carp week and are already made into stickers.

I know, awesome right?! Today, we will be giving away 3 "Pig Carp" stickers. How does one obtain such an awesome piece of sticker porn? Easy...

-Follow/Like Scalefish Studio on Facebook and/or Instagram. 

*If you do not have a Facebook or Instagram, copy the URL of his store and send it in the email.*

-Email us at tltffcarpweek@gmail.com with the subject line "Scalefish Pig Carp".

-Tell us what your favorite other animal sticker from Scalefish is.

-Three lucky winners will be selected tomorrow via Random.org.

I actually have a few pieces of Nate's work in my house, some in my tying room and some around the house. His work goes far beyond his animal line, in fact, his commissioned work and originals are out of this world. Roll on over to his site, www.natekarnes.com to see what else he has to offer including shirts (available for pre-order now), stickers, and more.

Boom...Morgan

Carp Week Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway - Day 7

This giveaway has ended.

Our Carp Week Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway segment concludes with Day 7. We had over 200 entries into Day 6, our most by-far!

Today's Carp Week Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway is brought to you by returning Carp Week celeb tier, JP Lipton of Roughfisher. JP has donated a dozen of his famous flies that are known throughout the industry for catching fish. JP plays a pretty integral part in the carp network due to his inventive tying and creative work through his site. This Daily Fly Giveaway is the perfect end to an awesome Carp Week.

RULES:

-To enter, you must shoot an email to TLTFFcarpweek@gmail.com with the subject line "Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway Day 7".

-Tell us in the email which of JP's patterns on his online store is your favorite.

-Only ONE submission per email, duplicates will be deleted.

-Submissions will be accepted until TOMORROW MORNING at 6:00am.

-ONE winner will be selected by Random.org's random number generator.

This weeks Daily Dozen Fly Giveaways have been awesome, from well-known celebrities to local innovators, we've put well over 7 dozen flies into some of your boxes. A HUGE thank you goes out to JP for rounding off our awesome and most successful Carp Week yet. Be sure to give Roughfisher a like or follow on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and give his store a glance, its well worth your time and money.

And the winner is...Eric Snyder! 

Thank you to all 116 of you that entered, and for the over 1,000 of you that entered our Daily Dozen Giveaways throughout the week!



Boom...Morgan

"Great Big Minnows"

A phenomenal film put together by John Arnold of Scumliner Media and Headhunters Fly Shop, one of the gents on the media trip to Beaver Island right before us...check it...amazing.

GREAT BIG MINNOWS from scumliner media on Vimeo.

A few clips from a recent trip to Beaver Island, MI beaverisland.org. This is a premier Carp fly fishing destination, and the flats, fish and community of Beaver Island are incredible. When I asked the locals about some music, they all offered up Kung Fu Rodeoreverbnation.com/kungfurodeo which has roots on the island. Find them on iTunes at itunes.apple.com/bm/artist/kung-fu-rodeo/id574773084

We were hosted by Indigo Guide Service indigoguideservice.com a great group of very professional guides.

Others involved include:
Cameron Mortenson thefiberglassmanifesto.blogspot.com
Alex Landeen alexlandeen.com
Dan Frasier carppro.net
Matt Smythe fishingpoet.com

Read More…

Boom...Morgan

WORLD PREMIER...'Gold Rush on Beaver Island' Teaser

TLTFF X The Uncommon Angler X Indigo Guide Service X Beaver Island = "Gold Rush on Beaver Island"

"Gold Rush on Beaver Island" is the edit Austin Green of The Uncommon Angler threw together of our hosted Beaver Island trip with Indigo Guide Service back in June. Featuring the best fishing of our lives and some great local music, we hope this gives you as much stoke as it does us. With a day remaining in our 3rd Annual Carp Week, we thought this would be perfect to get you through your Friday and out on the water tomorrow to chase the elusive "golden bonefish". Enjoy and let us know what you think...

"Gold Rush" - Beaver Island Teaser from TLTFF on Vimeo.

"The world premier of The Uncommon Angler - TLTFF film Gold Rush On Beaver Island, produced by Austin Green Photography. The full length film is set to release this fall!" ​

Boom...Morgan

TFM - The Martinez Frankenstein Sculpin

This pattern has proven itself, not only to Cam of TFM but to many other anglers that have fished Beaver Island with Steve. Mario caught one of his first BI carp on this famed pattern and actually had the privilege of learning it from Steve himself at one of Schultz Outfitters tying nights. Check it...

Via TFM:

FRANKENSTEIN SCULPIN MATERIALS:
Daiichi 2151 - Size #1 - #4
Barred Marabou Tail - Olive or Brown
Yellow Mallard Flank
Senyo's Ice Dub
Small Sculpin Helmet

To see the rest of this awesome tutorial, click here to head on over to The Fiberglass Manifesto. Keep an eye out for the Indigo gents latest venture, their new fly shop, Twisted Hackle.

Check out the Indigo Guide Service website for more information on the flies used for Lake Michigan carp and follow along on the Third Coast Fly blog for the latest news.

Boom...Morgan

Carp Week Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway - Day 6

This giveaway has ended.

Our Carp Week Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway segment continues with Day 6. We had around 165 entries into Day 5!

Today's Carp Week Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway is brought to you by friend, Carp Pro pro team member, and celebrity, Pat Cohen aka RUSuperFly. He has donated eighteen of his tried and true carp patterns, including a few made with his own Carp Dub. Check it...

RULES:


-To enter, you must shoot an email to TLTFFcarpweek@gmail.com with the subject line "Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway Day 6".

-'Like' and/or follow Pat aka RUSuperFly via one or more of his social media outlets...Facebook or Instagram. 

*If you do not have Facebook or Instagram, copy and paste the RUSuperFly URL into the email once you've visited the site.*

-You must refer three people to RUSuperFly.com and let them know about todays giveaway.

-Only ONE submission per email, duplicates will be deleted.

-Submissions will be accepted until TOMORROW MORNING at 6:00am.

-ONE winner will be selected by Random.org's random number generator.


An enormous thanks goes out to Pat for giving us his time and 18 of his proven flies for your benefit! Pat's deer hair flies are a piece of art, for those of you who haven't seen them yet, give them time on the site, you won't be let down.


*Don't forget about the week-long Photo Contest, click on the link on the top right sidebar for details!

And the winner is...Matt Simms! 

Thank you to all 256 of you that entered, make sure you check out the current Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway!

Boom...Morgan

Daily Reel...'Carp Fly Fishing on the South Platte River in Denver Colorado'

Carp Fly Fishing on the South Platte River in Denver Colorado from In The Riffle on Vimeo.

Boom...Morgan

Daily Deal...Wetfly + TLTFF's Carp Week = A 30% Site-wide Carpnado!

We've paired up with Wetfly to bring you a crazy discount code...30% off! Click here or the link on the left sidebar to head on over and get to savin' using the code "TLTFF_CARPNADO" at checkout.

Boom...Morgan

This Week in #CarpWeek...

We're on Day 5, and its been a BUSY week! I feel as though a lot of you have been absolutely tearing it up! I've been following via the Carp Week hashtag (#carpweek) via Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter and its awesome to see what y'all have been doing to stay in the Carp Week mood, from tying flies to fishing to simply raising the level of stoke! Here's a little Instagram feed of #carpweek...

Thank you to all of you who have supported Carp Week and our amazing sponsors. Please continue to show support to them as they are the ones who make all of the awesome Carp Week giveaways possible!

Boom...Morgan

Carp Week Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway - Day 5

This giveaway has ended.

Our Carp Week Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway segment continues with Day 4. We had over 120 entries into Day 4!

Today's Carp Week Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway is brought to you by Water's Edge Fly Co. Jason H of Water's Edge has tied flies for us here in Annapolis for most species we've targeted, from Bonefish to Tarpon, Largemouth to Striped Bass, and Carp to Smallmouth...AND THEY ALL PRODUCE! Every trip we've taken Water's Edge flies on have caught us fish. Putting some of these bad boys in your box = good fish mojo.

  

RULES:

-To enter, you must shoot an email to TLTFFcarpweek@gmail.com with the subject line "Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway Day 5".

-'Like' and/or follow Water's Edge Fly Co. on Facebook. If you do not have a Facebook, you must copy and paste the Water;s Edge Fly Co. URL into the email once you've visited the site.

-Only ONE submission per email, duplicates will be deleted.

-Submissions will be accepted until TOMORROW MORNING at 6:00am.

-ONE winner will be selected by Random.org's random number generator.

A big thanks goes out to Jason for providing us with some awesome carp flies from his Carp Collection online. Like I said, these flies catch fish for sure. I caught my first Beaver Island carp on the Dirt Merchant.

*Don't forget about the week-long Photo Contest, click on the link on the top right sidebar for details!

And the winner is...Dean Wormell! 

Thank you to all 112 of you that entered, make sure you check out the current Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway, there is one a day through all of Carp Week! 

Boom...Morgan