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2010 HOSSFLY Founder's Award Rules

Feb 08, 2010 at 10:27 AM

From Tom Herrington

There will be a significant change in how the Founder's Award will be earned for 2010. The award will be presented to the first HOSSFly member to set the Mississippi record for Tarpon caught on flyfishing tackle in the year 2010 with the following additional stipulations:

The person must be a current HOSSFly member and as such for at least 28 days prior to landing and setting the record
To qualify for the award the tarpon must weigh at least 20 pounds when officially weighed.
The catch and equipment must be in accordance with IGFA rules for setting world record flyfishing line class records.
The catch must be certified official as the Mississippi flyfishing record for Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) by the Mississippi State Department of Marine Resources.
The catch and records and aforementioned conditions shall be reviewed and approved by the HOSSFly On-The-Water group (Jim Magee, Rod Fields, Don Abrams) before final approval by the Founder. Photographs and witness(es) may be necessary. (Note: The reel must still be in the possession of the Tom Herrington prior to the awarded catch. In other words if he doesn't have it for some reason then it cannot be awarded)

If all the above conditions are met the Founder's Award for 2010 will be a new Deep Blue Super 12 Abel Flyfishing Reel , retail value of $835, engraved with the HOSSFLY logo as shown below.

Rules Update from Tom on 4/15/10

The IGFA requirements are in the pdf document http://www.igfa.org/PDF/InternationalAnglingRules09.pdf and it is all the requirements on page 5 concerning flyfishing that is applicable.
As stated the tarpon must be at least 20 pounds and be a Mississippi State Record as set forth in http://www.dmr.state.ms.us/Fisheries/Records/recordrules.htm . The proper form for the state flyfishing record application is found in this pdf document: http://www.dmr.state.ms.us/Fisheries/Records/saltwater-fish-record-application.pdf
In the case that a non-HOSSFly member sets the tarpon record, the HOSSFly member's catch must exceed the standing state flyfishing record AND be at least 20 lbs. Of course this is just for clarity as it already properly states that it must be a state record and be at least 20 lbs.

Abel Super 12 Deep Blue engraved HOSSFly Serial #7324 Retail value $835