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1 | Page Fly Fishers International Fly Tying Group Fly Tying Skills Awards Program Bronze Award Evaluation Form Bronze Skill Award Evaluation Fly Scoring Instructions: Please print this form, complete it as you evaluate the files. When the evaluation is completed to your satisfaction and the tier has met the requirements for the award please forward this Evaluation Form, the flies, and the completed Bronze Award Fly Transmittal Form to a member of the Evaluation Review Panel for verification and award. Once successfully reviewed by a Review Panel member, the office will be notified, payment received verified, and the tier will receive his/her award. Scoring: Score each Aspect of each pattern and calculate totals on page 15. Scoring is based out of 10 Points: 10 - 9 Points = Excellent 8 - 6 Points = Satisfactory 5 - 1 Point = Needs Improvement Tier must achieve an overall score of 75% to pass on both the required evaluation flies and the tier choice flies. Four of the Five evaluation flies must pass (75%) Each of the Three Tier Choice flies must pass (75%) Overall score is calculated on Evaluation Summary page 15

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Fly Fishers International Fly Tying Group Fly Tying Skills Awards Program

Bronze Award Evaluation Form

Bronze Skill Award Evaluation Fly Scoring Instructions:

Please print this form, complete it as you evaluate the files. When the evaluation is completed to your satisfaction and the tier has met the requirements for the award please forward this Evaluation Form, the flies, and the completed Bronze Award Fly Transmittal Form to a member of the Evaluation Review Panel for verification and award. Once successfully reviewed by a Review Panel member, the office will be notified, payment received verified, and the tier will receive his/her award. Scoring:

Score each Aspect of each pattern and calculate totals on page 15.

Scoring is based out of 10 Points:

10 - 9 Points = Excellent 8 - 6 Points = Satisfactory 5 - 1 Point = Needs Improvement

Tier must achieve an overall score of 75% to pass on both the required evaluation flies and the tier choice flies.

Four of the Five evaluation flies must pass (75%)

Each of the Three Tier Choice flies must pass (75%)

Overall score is calculated on Evaluation Summary page 15

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Grey Goose Emerger – Required Evaluation Fly:

Material List Hook: #10 Scud hook Thread: 8/0 Black Uni-Thread or equivalent Rib: Fine silver wire Body: Goose wing fibers, Natural or Grey Wing Case: Goose wing fibers, Natural or Grey Thorax: Peacock herl Head: Whip-finish and head cement (Substitution: Turkey Tail for Goose Wing is acceptable)

Aspect (Requirement) Points Comments

Overall Appearance and Proportions.

Is the body 2/3 the hook shank, the thorax is 1/3 the body, ribbing is nice even spacing, the head is neat and the wing case is 1/3 the hook shank?

Consistency – Do all flies look alike?

Material Selection : Are the materials used the ones listed in the material list?

Body:

Is the body 2/3 the length of the shank of the hook?

Is the body herl the same thickness and smooth?

Ribbing:

The ribbing should be 4 or 5 wraps that are evenly spaced.

The wrapping should be wrapped in the opposite direction of the body material.

Are the turns equally spaced on both sides

Are they parallel on both sides?

Does the rib begin at the bottom of the hook shank?

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(Grey Goose Continued) Aspect (Requirement)

Points Comments

Thorax

The Peacock Herl wrapped neatly and 1/3 the length of the shank of the hook.

Wing Case

Wing case cover the thorax and not split

Does tying thread show behind the thorax

Wingcase is 1/3 the length of the hook shank

Head

Equal to the hook eye, not too bulky and does not crowd the eye

No head cement in the eye of the hook?

Is it neat and smooth?

TOTAL POINTS FOR FLY

Points needed to Pass 60

Possible Points for the Grey Goose Emerger 80

Percentage = Total Points for Fly / 80

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Pheasant Tail Variant Dry Fly - Required Evaluation Fly Material List” Hook: #12 Dry fly hook Thread: 8/0 rust Uni-Thread or equivalent Tail: Badger rooster hackle fibers (brown or variant hackle

may be substituted) Rib: Fine silver wire Body: Pheasant rooster tail fibers Hackle: Badger rooster hackle fibers (brown or variant

hackle may be substituted) Head: Whip-finish and head cement

Aspect (Requirement) Points Comments

Overall Appearance and Proportions.

Is the tail the length of the body?

Nice even wraps of ribbing, 4 or 5 turns?

Body nice and even, ending at the barb of the hook?

Consistency – Do all flies look alike?

Material Selection :

Tail

Is the tail length equal to the length of the shank of the hook?

Is it too thin or too thick?

Is it too long or too short?

Is on top of the hook?

Are the ends of the tail fibers properly or neatly aligned

The Body:

Since this is a pheasant tail herl body, is it the same thickness and smooth?

Does the body ends above barb?

Is it 2/3 the length of the shank?

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(Pheasant Tail Dry Continued) Aspect (Requirement)

Points Comments

Ribbing

Are the turns equally spaced on both sides?

Are they parallel on both sides?

Does the rib begin at the bottom of the hook shank?

Is it 4 or 5 turns, equally spaced?

Hackle

Is the hackle 1 ½ size of the gape?

Are any fibers trapped?

Head

is it neat and smooth?

Equal to hook eye or less. Is the head too bulky or crowd the eye of the hook

Total Points For Fly

Points needed to Pass 60

Possible Points for Pheasant Tail Variant Dry Fly

80

Percentage = Total Points for Fly / 80

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Orange Partridge Soft Hackle – Required Evaluation Fly

Material List Hook: #10 Wet fly hook Thread: Orange 8/0 Uni-Thread or suitable substitute Rib: Fine gold colored wire Body: Orange floss Thorax: Hare’s mask fur or Hare’s Ear Plus (tan to brownish

tones) Hackle: Gray Partridge

Aspect (Requirement) Points Comments

Overall Appearance and Proportions:

Nice even wraps of ribbing, 4 or 5 turns?

Body nice and smooth, starting at the point of the hook?

Thorax small sparse ball of dubbing?

Sparse wraps of partridge hackle?

Neat head?

Consistency – Do all flies look alike?

Material Selection

Are the materials used the ones listed in the material list?

Body

Orange floss starting between the barb and the point of the hook.

Smooth and slight taper towards the eye of the hook.

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(Orange Partridge Soft Hackle continued)

Aspect (Requirement)

Points Comments

Ribbing

Are the turns equally spaced on both sides?

Are they parallel on both sides?

Does the rib begin at the bottom of the hook shank?

Is it 4 or 5 turns, equally spaced?

Thorax

Sparse loosely dubbed ball of hares mask dubbing.

Hackle

Wrap only 2 to 2½ turns of hackle.

Keep it sparse.

Are the fibers tips leaning backwards slightly

Head

Smooth and one eye length from the eye

. Is the head too bulky or crowd the eye of the hook?

Total Points For Fly

Points needed to Pass 60

Possible Points for Orange Partridge Soft Hackl

80

Percentage = Total Points for Fly / 80

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Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear Nymph Fly - Required Evaluation Fly

Material List Hook: #10 1X Long Nymph hook, 1XL Weight: 10-15 turns of non-lead wire Thread: 8/0 Black Uni-Thread or equivalent Tail: Guard hairs from hare’s mask Rib: Gold oval tinsel over abdomen Abdomen: Blended lighter tan hair from the hare’s

mask (or Hairline Dubbing # 4, Hare’s Ear - or equivalent)

Wing Case: Mottled turkey tail feather over thorax Thorax: Blended darker brown hairs from the hare’s

mask (or Hairline Dubbing #5, Dark Hare’s Ear or equivalent)

Aspect (Requirement) Points Comments

Overall Appearance and Proportions

Is the tail 2/3 the length of the hook?

Nice even wraps of ribbing, 4 or 5 turns?

Abdomen 2/3 the length of the hook, starting at the bend of the hook?

Thorax 1/3 the length of the hook but fuller with guard hairs for legs?

Wingcase covering the thorax and not split? No gap between the thorax and abdomen?

Neat head?

Consistency – Do all flies look alike?

Material Selection

Are the materials used the ones listed in the material list?

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Gold Ribbed Hares Ear continued Aspect (Requirement)

Points Comments

Tail

Guard hairs from a Hare’s Mask?

2/3 the length of the shank of the hook

Is it too thin or too thick?

Is it too long or too short?

Is on top of the hook?

Body(Abdomen)

Is it tapered and 2/3 the length of the hook? Tight dubbing body?

Dubbing, is it too thin or too thick? (Has the tier used too much or too little dubbing material?)

Is it too long or too short?

Ribbing

4 or 5 turns typically, equally spaced. Is the ribbing tied in on the bottom side of the hook? Number of turns based on the length of the body and the size of the ribbing material?

Are the turns equally spaced on both sides?

Are they parallel on both sides?

Thorax

Is it fuller than the Abdomen with the guard hairs pick out?

1/3 Shank Length

Wingcase

Is it too narrow or too wide?

Is it split or tight?

Does tying thread show behind the thorax

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Gold Ribbed Hares Ear continued

Aspect (Requirement)

Points Comments

Head

Is the head neat and 1 eye length in length

Total Points For Fly

Points needed to Pass 68

Possible Points for Gold Ribbed Hairs Ear Nymph

90

Percentage = Total Points for Fly / 90

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Wooly Bugger – Required Evaluation Fly

Material List

Hook: #8 Nymph Hook, 3xL Thread: Olive brown (Typically thread color matches body color) Tail: Olive marabou Rib: Copper wire Body: Olive chenille Hackle: Grizzly dyed olive (Olive or grizzly may be substituted)

Aspect (Requirement) Points Comments

Overall Appearance and Proportions

Is the tail the length of the shank of the hook?

Nice even wraps of ribbing, 4 or 5 turns and even spacing?

Is the body same thickness from bend to the eye?

Is the Hackle spacing even and the hackle fibers to be approximately 1 or 1.5 times the gap of the hook in length?

Neat head?

Consistency – Do all flies look alike?

Material Selection

Was the proper material used in making the fly as per the fly recipe?

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Wooly Bugger Continued Aspect (Requirement)

Points Comments

Tail

Is the length of the tail the same as the length of the shank of the hook?

Is it too thin or too thick?

Is it too long or too short?

Is on top of the hook?

Are the ends of the tail fibers properly or neatly aligned

Body

Is it starting at the bend of the Hook?

Wraps of the chenille are all the same thickness?

Hackle

Was it tied in at the front of the fly and wrapped back towards the tail in open turns?

Each turn spaced evenly

Copper Wire Rib:

Are there two turns of ribbing at the rear end of the body?

Is the Copper Wire tied going forward in open turns?

Are the turns spaced evenly

Head

Is the Head the same length as the eye of the hook?

Neat and Smooth?

Total Points For Fly

Points needed to Pass 60

Possible Points for Wooly Bugger 80

Percentage = Total Points for Fly / 80

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TIER CHOICE FLIES TIER CHOICE FLY NUMBER 1 – PATTERN NAME:____________________________

Aspect (Requirement) Points Comments

Overall Appearance and Proportions Consistency – Do all flies look alike? Material Selection Evaluator Bonus Points – Evaluator may award 10 Points

Total Points For Fly

Points needed to Pass 23

Possible Points for Choice 1 30

Percentage = Total Points for Fly / 40

TIER CHOICE FLY NUMBER 2 – PATTERN NAME:____________________________

Aspect (Requirement) Points Comments

Overall Appearance and Proportions

Consistency – Do all flies look alike?

Material Selection Evaluator Bonus Points – Evaluator may award 10 Points

Total Points For Fly

Points needed to Pass 23

Possible Points for Choice 2 30

Percentage = Total Points for Fly / 40

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TIER CHOICE FLY NUMBER 3 – PATTERN NAME:____________________________

Aspect (Requirement) Points Comments

Overall Appearance and Proportions Consistency – Do all flies look alike?

Material Selection

Evaluator Bonus Points – Evaluator may award 10 Points

Total Points For Fly

Points needed to Pass 23

Possible Points for Choice 3 30

Percentage = Total Points for Fly / 40

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BRONZE AWARD Evaluator’s Summary

Evaluation Flies

Total Points Earned

Total Possible Points 410 Four of the Five evaluation flies must achieve a score of 75%.

Total Percentage = Points earned divided by 410

Tier Choice Flies Total Points Earned

Total Possible Points 90

Each of the Three Tier Choice flies must achieve a score of 75%

Total Percentage = Points earned divided by 90

Evaluators Statement: I recommend to the FFI FTG Awards Review Panel that the named tier receive the Bronze Award. This tier has tied the required flies for the Bronze Fly Tying Skills Award and is forwarding them for review.

Tier Name:________________________________

Mailing address:________________________

City, State, Zip:_________________________

FFI Member Number:___________________

Evaluator

Name:________________________________

Mailing address:________________________

City, State, Zip:_________________________

Phone:________________________________

Evaluator Signature:________________________ Date:_________

Evaluator: Please forward this Evaluation Form, the Flies, and the completed Bronze Award Fly Transmittal Form to a member of the Evaluation Review Panel for verification and award.