Location: Lower Illinois River - Watts WMU
Time: 8:30 am to 12:00 pm
Entry Fee: $10.00 ($5 per fly)
Agenda: Meet at Watts parking lot where flies
will be distributed/purchased.
The Hard Luck Fly Tournament will be held on
Saturday, September 27th at the Watts Area on the
Lower Illinois River. We will meet in the Parking Lot
between 8:00am and 8:30am. The Tournament will
begin at 9:00am and will end at 12:00 noon.
Burger and dog lunch will be provided.
There will be five categories of competition: 1) most
fish caught, 2) longest fish caught, 3) shortest fish
caught, 4) for the person who provided the fly that
caught the longest fish, and 5) best hard luck story.
Prizes will be awarded to the winners.
The Rules are as follows:
1. All participants will arrive at Watts WMU between
8:00am to 8:30am and will donate at least 2 flies to
the contest. No restrictions apply to the type of
flies to be donated.
2. Additional flies can be purchased from the
remaining flies after all participants have collected
their two flies.
3. If you have a favorite fly you may want to bring
several to contribute. Flies may be commercially
purchased or hand made.
4. Each participant will purchase at least 2 flies (at
$5.00 per fly) to use during the tournament. Team
members may consult in making their fly selection.
Only tournament purchased flies can be used to
score fish for the competition.
5. Tournament will officially begin at 9:00am and
end at 12:00 noon.
6. Awards will be presented for 1) shortest fish, 2)
longest fish, 3) most fish, 4) the person who
provided the fly that caught the largest fish and 5)
best hard luck story.
7. Lunch will be provided at noon. We’ll swap
stories, share tactics and Tournament results will
be announced.
8. Contestants can fish for any species.
9. The venue will be limited to public areas of the
LIR area from Tenkiller dam to just below the Watts
cable.
The Hard Luck Tournament is one of our best
attended activities during the course of our annual
events. Please mark September 27th on your
calendar and plan to be there!
Also check out other Sports events in Gore, Contests in Gore.
