Competition Rules

News

Feb 2012
The new FIPS 2011 rule for hooks reads 28.7. All flies must be dressed on hooks which are barbless.
The SFFNZ board has interpreted this rule as meaning flies must be tied on hooks that are either

Manufactured barbless
Or hooks that have the barb completely removed (i.e. filed off)

Therefore for the 2012-2013 session we will be implementing this rule, hooks that have the bard squashed down will not be able to be used.
For the national champs this year you can squash the barb down but they must pass the "fleece test"

Oct 2011

The board has decided to change the ratio of points allocated for international team selection, it has been decided to make the national championships competition points worth 3 times the regional points (currently two times)
This gives this event more weighting in teams selection to reflect that it is a harder and longer event.
This change will be effective for the 2011 -12 season and on.

SFFNZ
Regional & National Championships Points System (& Team Selection)

FIPS-Mouche International Competition Rules 2011

Download the competition rules.

SFFNZ Clarification of FIPS Competition Rules

Download Clarification