Angler of the Year Tournament
The Eastern Shore Fly Fishers annual Angler of the Year Tournament is the proving ground for club members. The tournament is a year long remote “fish on your own time” event that is designed to motivate anglers to chase a large number of species, and to try targeting species that they don’t typically chase.
This year’s tournament will start on 2/21/20 and run through 12/31/20. There will be an optional captain’s meeting on 2/20/20 during the regular club meeting, and awards will be held during the regular club meeting in January 2021.
General Rules
All fish must be caught by method of fly to qualify.
Participants may utilize a motorized boat, paddle craft such as canoe and kayak, fish from a pier, or wade during tournament.
The photo submitted to record your catch must include a visible and verifiable ruler (soft or hard) appropriately positioned underneath fish, and the fly used to catch the fish. The front tip of the fish must be on the zero dimension mark and the length of fish will be determined by the end of the tail without pinching. Fork tails will be measured using fork length method. Ranking will be determined by length for this tournament weight need not be recorded.
Points will be awarded per the following:
- Target species captured during their designated month will be worth 5pts, regardless of size. Only one capture will be scored for each species. You are allowed to upgrade your target species catch, but it will nullify point awarded for your smaller fish.
- At the end of each month, target species captured will be ranked, an additional 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1pts will be awarded to the largest 5 fish in both the salt and freshwater target species.
- Target species captured outside of their designated month will be awarded 0pts.
- Captures of any species (of any size) other than target species can be submitted at any time for 1pt; however, you can only submit each species one time (i.e. – cannot submit 3 hardhead catfish)
How to Register
- Before you register, you must ensure that you have paid your club dues for 2020. If you have not yet paid your dues, swing by our Members Page and make your payment online!
- Send an email to info@easternshoreflyfishers.com or a text to Noble at 251-272-2150 and request the tournament registration code.
- Click on the iAngler Tournament link below to be taken to the iAngler webpage for our tournament. You can register for iAngler, and sign up for the Tournament here.
- Get to fishing!
