Daily Deal...4th of July Savings from Feather-Craft

Boom...Morgan

Daily Deal...$20 Off Entire Order at Feather-Craft

Boom...Morgan

Daily Deal...20% Off Fly Tying Materials

Boom...Morgan

Daily Deal...Feather-Craft's Spooky Savings

Cast into their website to check out the treats:

$20 OFF 
when you spend $100 - $149
 


$30 OFF
when you spend $150 - $249
or

$50 OFF 
when you spend $250 or more!

Offer ends Tuesday, November 3rd at midnight central.

Boom...Morgan

Daily Double Deal...Feather-Craft Columbus Day Weekend Savings

Boom...Morgan

Daily Deal...Feather-Craft President's Day Sale

Just in time for Presidents' Day weekend, here's $20 OFF your next purchase of $100 or more! Come shop all the best new fly fishing and fly tying gear, newest flies, and more! Offer good until Tuesday, February 17th, at midnight central time.

SHOP NOW at FEATHER-CRAFT.COM

To receive this special discount type WEEKEND PROMO in the "special instructions" section when checking out on our website, or mention the Weekend Promo discount when ordering by phone or fax. Your shopping cart and e-mail confirmation will not show the discount. We will apply the discount when we bill your order. Please note: YOU MUST INFORM US THAT YOU ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROMOTION, THE DISCOUNT IS NOT AUTOMATIC.

Be sure to sign up for Feather-Craft's email blast to receive more about their promotions and product offerings. You can do so by going to the F-C website and signing up on the right sidebar by simply putting in your email address. They have a lot to offer and you won't want to miss out...believe me.

Boom...Morgan

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

TLTFF's 3rd Annual Carp Week

Some of you may have been following us for awhile and saw the promotions we've been doing for this year's Carp Week. The last two years have been a huge hit, thanks to you, so this year we thought we'd not only bring Carp Week back, but make it even bigger. This week has a lot of greatness packed into it, thanks to our awesome contributors and friends. Just to give you a breakdown of how the week will pan out, we wanted to give you a play-by-play as to what we have in store.

Everyday at 7am, like we've always done, 3-4 posts will go live. One is guaranteed to be a sick carp-related fishing video (Daily Reel). The rest will be either interviews with industry experts, reviews of carp-related gear, knowledge from the geniuses of the carp world, and info on how you can win free gear! Every day we will be giving away all kinds of fly gear! You have multiple ways of winning, please read carefully below...

The best part about Carp Week is not only that you can exponentially expand your knowledge of fly fishing for carp, but you can win awesome prizes. Just to give you an overview as well as a shoutout to our amazing Carp Week sponsors, here's who's on board this year for gear...

• CarpPro
• Allen Fly Fishing
• Bozeman Fly Goods
• 12wt
• Cheeky Fly Fishing
• Feather-Craft Fly Fishing
• Wetfly
• Nature Boy Designs
• The Uncommon Angler
• Goat Head Gear
• Risen Fly
• Vedavoo
• The Fly Trout
• Dizm Eco Eyewear
• WV Angler
• ScaleFish Studio
• BadAxe Design

And here are our featured fly tiers for our "Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway" where we will be giving a lucky one of you a dozen flies every day all week long. To enter into the daily fly giveaway, be sure you email TLTFFCarpWeek@gmail.com with the subject line "Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway Day ___" (the ___ corresponds with the day of Carp Week, tomorrow is Day 1).

• Day 1 - The Catcher and the Fly
• Day 2 - Rob Snowhite
• Day 3 - Mario Garza Flies
• Day 4 - FlyTimesDC
• Day 5 - Waters Edge Fly Co.
• Day 6 - Pat Cohen (R U Superfly)
• Day 7 - Roughfisher

The world-famous Carp Week Photo Contest is BACK!

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

-One winner and one runner up 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

-Contest begins now...GO!

I hope y'all are as syked as we are for a super-fun week. Make sure you spread the word by using the hashtag #CarpWeek and 'like' and follow @TLTFF on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for exclusive content! 

For your chance to randomly win some gear, use the hashtag #CarpWeek on all posts, we will be selecting a random winner at some point that has used the hashtag during Carp Week.

During Carp Week, please send all contest entries, questions, or any correspondence to TLTFFcarpweek@gmail.com.

Boom...Morgan

Carp Week Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway - Day 1

This giveaway has ended.

So as you've seen and heard, we're giving away a dozen carp flies everyday this week, we're calling this segment the Carp Week Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway. Today's Carp Week Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway is brought to you by Feather-Craft Fly Fishing. Feather-Craft sent us some pretty awesome goodies that any fly angler would pay good money for. Today's contribution was a F-C Carp Selection that is actually 17 flies with fly box. Today's winner will also have a new fishing hat in their collection thanks to Loon Outdoors. This giveaway holds over a $60 value and is updated just for 2013. It includes...

Our best selling carp patterns in proven color combos. 17-fly SELECTION with fly box contains: Befus Swimming Carp Fly(2), Headstand(2), Carp Tease(2), Carp Breakfast(2), Bread Crumb(2), Carpolicious(2), Candy Corn(1), Barry's Carp Fly(2), J's Cottonwood Seed (2)

RULES (apply to all Daily Dozen Giveaways this week):

-To enter, you must shoot an email to TLTFFcarpweek@gmail.com with the subject line "F-C Daily Dozen" and tell us what your favorite Feather-Craft product is as well as your favorite Loon Outdoors product.

-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 huge thanks goes out to Evan from Feather-Craft for not only providing us with these amazing flies and other gear but for hosting the AWESOME trip TLTFF Crew member Luis had in Beaver Island last month. Stay tuned later this week for the trip report for those of you who missed it. And don't forget to show Feather-Craft some love by checking out their site and signing up for their newsletter (hint hint the newsletter always offers great coupons and deals).

We have some other great gear from F-C coming your way later this week so if you don't win, stay tuned.

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





The winner of the Day 1 Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway presented by Feather-Craft Fly Fishing and Loon Outdoors is...Dan Willcutt!

Boom...Morgan & Luis