18th German Open Fly Tying Championship 2025

Participation in the German Open Championship in Fly Tying
This is an open championship so all can participate! That means the Championship in Fly Tying is also open for international competitors.

Members of the jury and the organizers are excluded from participation.
You must be 17 or older to participate. Those younger are invited to participate in the Children’s Fly Tying Championship (EWF Master) hosted by the EWF.  


Categories

1. Dry Fly (required pattern)

Klinkhåmer special by Hans van Klinken

Fly tying recipe
The pattern to be tied, including fly tying instructions, can be found here: Fly Tying Website Klinkhåmer special at the bottom of the page under the complete instructions (see photo)
(Note: The 7 variants shown at the beginning of the Klinkhåmer special page do NOT play a role here).
Hooks: your own choice, size #12


1a. Dry Fly
Your own pattern, Hook: Daiichi or your own choice
Both dry flies (1 and 1a) will be judged together. If only one fly is submitted in the overall category, the entry will not be judged.

2. Streamer
Hook: Daiichi or your own choice

3. Realistic Fly
Hook: Daiichi or your own choice
Please note: Judging will now include realistic flies which are truly related to fly fishing and which imitate insects that have a development phase in water.

Regulations

  • For the "Dry Fly" category, one pattern is required and a second should be your own pattern. This means that the contestant must submit two flies, the required pattern and his or her own pattern.
  • It is not required that the flies be tyed on Daiichi hooks. Any brand of hook can be used in all categories if the participant cannot obtain Daiichi hooks.
  • A fly tyer can compete in all categories.
  • Very important: participants must follow the requirements, otherwise the submitted fly patterns will not be evaluated, that is, they will be disqualified.

 
Jury and Evaluation of the Submitted Flies

The evaluation of the flies will take place at the EWF 2025. The jury members will be announced one week before the EWF will take place.


Awards
After the flies are judged, every participant will receive a promotional package of sample hooks.
The three top participants in each category will receive a certificate, a medal, and they will appear in a German fly-fishing magazine.


Submissions
Participants must submit, to the address below, each fly packaged separately. Included with each fly must be a detailed fly-tying recipe (tying instructions) and a filled-out application. If a contestant ties several flies, they can be in a single container, but each fly must be separately packaged together with the corresponding tying recipe and filled-out application.


Application
To download the Application Form (a PDF file) click here:

The Application form for the Fly Tying Championship and follow your browser's directions for downloading to your computer.


Entry Deadline:     28 March 2025

ATTENTION
Submissions to be send to: 

Erwin Tibad
Niethammerstr. 3
D - 80997 München
Germany


Sponsoring

The 18th German Open Fly Tying Championship 2025 is sponsored by  the Experience the World of Fly Fishing.

Ahrex hooks sponsors the sample hooks which will be sent after the evaluation of the flies.

Thank you!

 

Many thanks to  Ahrex, Renomed and YETI for the Sponsoring of the 17th German Open Fly Tying Championshop 2024!