There have been some great images submitted throughout September!
Photo by Phil Monahan
Last month, many Orvis News readers accepted our challenge to try to get on the water at least 20 times. As an added incentive–as if you needed one–we launched our second annual “20 Days in September” Contest on Facebook, in which entrants had to post photos to the Orvis Fly Fishing page, along with the hashtags #20sepdays and #orvisflyfishing. Hundreds of photos were posted during the month, and our in-house judges have chosen the 10 images below as our finalists.
A successful month: I missed just eight days and was skunked just three times.
Photo by Phil Monahan
Take a gander at the top 10 photos in the widget below (click on each image for a larger version), and then choose your three favorites. The photographers are competing for three killer prizes:
First Place: A Recon Fly Rod
Second Place: A Hydros SL fly reel
Third Place: A Safe Passage Chip Pack
We’ll also give away one Safe Passage Sling Pack to a randomly selected voter at the end of the contest.To be eligible to win the Sling Pack, you MUST leave a comment about the photos in the comments section below. (That’s the only way we’ll know who you are, since the poll widget doesn’t collect data on voters.)
We will announce the winners on Tuesday, October 11th.
So choose our three winners, and then leave a comment!
All are great, but I love the rainbow tail with mountains in the distance
I really like the composition on Nate Roberts second photo.
Look at that rainbow!
Really enjoyed the colors and the composition in Nate Robert’s photo; the rod grip seems to indicate a Superfine Glass. (I have the 3 wt.)
All the snapshots were outstanding.
If Rainbows could just talk, I’m sure he’d have colorful language.
Beautiful photos! Love the colors in Joey Roberts’ image!
All great photos good luck to the three I chose well done .
Safe package sling pack
They’re all pretty great. It’s tough to pick just three.
Gotta love the bass fishing in the late summer!
nice pics
All great photos, this is a great challenge!
Cool Photos. I’ll have to keep in mind for next year!
GO MY VOTE!
Outstanding photos. Tough to select just 3. I’m glad I didn’t have to narrow it to one.
Good stuff.
Great shots, love the cutt in Kelly McAllister’s!
Wow! Some great photos this year. That one with the rainbow curved around with a mountain background is incredible!!
I’m a sucker for Black and White photos
Inspiring shots!
Great pictures. Kudos to Nate Roberts!
Liked the rainbow tail. Vivid colors on many entries.
I like the underwater shots. They can be hard to effectively capture.
Trout! and good shots of them.
Great entries. Love that twisted trout
Awesome photos overall! My little brother is famous! Ha
Great photos! Glad everyone was able to get out and take us along!
Great photos all, I voted!
Herss looking at you!
Love those photos Trev!
Some good photos! I’m partial to the fish and those being handled properly.
Really nice pics!
Father and son(?) bonding over a fish is where it’s at.
The kid is a winner!!
Definite skill!
I like the popper landing in the lilly pads: took some planning and good casting.
all nice picks .whether they know it or not they are all winners
Congrats to those whose pics got picked.
The photos are definitely an additional incentive to get out fishing.
All great photos…. wish mine were this great
All great pics. Tough to pick 3.
I’m a cutthroat guy so I guess you know who got my vote. Plus it’s a great pic.
Nice photos.
Wow, tough choices!
Thought I would have made the finals with a couple photos. Oh well. Hard to get good images by yourself with a cell phone. Haha. Til next year!! Congrats to everyone.
Jeff, one of your shots was among the last to get cut. It was really tough to winnow the final 20 or so down to ten, and we had to let go of a few good ones. Thanks for participating!
Nice shot Nate
Makes me want to get out of this office.
The Joey Roberts photo was cool almost unbelievable in the colors.
Great photos taken for a fantastic sport and a passion for many!!
Great Photos…great job in showing the beauty of this sport!
The second to last photo by Joey Roberts, it looks like the fish is trying to photobomb it’s own pic…awesome capture! The colors and markings on a rainbow never cease to amaze me, one of my favorite.
I’m partial to those browns!
Great photos thank you for sharing them all.
Great photos! Sure wish I had 20 days:(
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Got to love that underwater brown.
Like all the photos, but really like imagining the stories behind each of them. What a wonderful sport.
That greenback cutty is beautiful!
All nice photos and what a fun month.
Wish I got out 20 days last month…
That was a hard decision. I can only imagine what it was like trying to just get the top ten picked. I saw a lot of great photos turned in over the last 30 days. I am just glad I wasn’t sitting in the sits at orvis picking and debating over photos. What a blast it was to participate in the contest. Can’t wait until the next one.
The bass bug making a splash is rather well captured and a difficult photo to take. Worth winning.
Jeff Lattig photo Father & Son
Love these Photos!
Love them all!
All are very cool!
Inspired. Heading out today.
Great photos! All winners…..
Great photos and almost all reflect the Leave ’em Wet ethos.
gotta love the underwater photos. all are nice!
Timing us everything. These photos certainly prove the point.
Great pics. Cool action shot from drew Ross.
J. Roberts caught the the fish looking right back at the camera. Humor, with a tattoo included.
Love them all!
Nice photographs!
I love Joey Roberts photo! I distinctly remember seeing that image as I was posting some during the contest and thinking that was definitely going to be a winner!
The Drew Ross photo is outstanding. Beautiful colors. Forethought and timing to get that shot. I think it portrays the tranquility of early morning kayak fishing.
My top three are the top three photo’s…….funny how that happened! All are spectacular 🙂
Great pics!! Love seeing the outdoors through
A fly fisherman’s eyes!!
I gotta try this during bird hunting season
Great photos all!
Some just speak to me.
That Joey Rogers photo is awesome!
Inspiring pictures, the season’s not over yet.
Love seeing some warmwater photos in the mix. Well done to the photographers.
Jeff has set a great example to the future young fishermen that’s so important !
Excellent images. I wish I had had more time to fish this September and participate in the challenge.
Teaching children the art of fishing is the best way to keep them focused in the right direction.
Tough choices–loved the kid in the picture with the Orvis guide/boat.
all great pictures of our sport.
Great photos! Makes me feel the tug.
Nate Robert’s photo has got to me a marketing guys dream.
Great quality, makes me want to go fishing.
Great shot Drew!
Awesome pics
Congrats to the finalists! I liked Joey Roberts’ rainbow pic the best. Good luck to all.
all great photo’s hard to choose just three
Great pics!!!!
True beauty.
Some great pics! Wish I could have gotten out 20 days in September!
Liked the shot looking back from the popper to the angler in the kayak.
All pictures are tributes to a terrific time on the water. I did like the rainbow tail with the mountains in the distance.
So many great photographs. It was hard to choose 3.
All pictures are very good. Some are unusual, the trout underwater and the twisting trout are different
Difficult to narrow down to three. Lots of fun!!!!!!
Always fun to see a bass on the fly! Everyone had amazing photos.
Awesome pictures Trev !!
Trev…these are terrific pics!
They all look great. Good luck, everyone!
Need more underwater shots!
Cool photos!
Love the picture of the bow looking back!
Favorite was the splash POV! I can seriously look at these pics all day long/
Great photos!
Awesome! Tight lines!
Love the colors on that largemouth!
Beautiful photos! good luck to you all.
As a trout guy myself I had to pick trout photos, sorry bass dudes.
Love the under water ones, but the colours in the Roberts’ pictures sold it for me. Was hard to pick between the two.
Definitely Jeff for taking his kid to partake in 20 days of fishing!
Beautiful shots. Well done to all who entered.
Great pics!
Jealous of all the great fishing that was had!
I love all of the photos
Great selection of photos! Jealous of them all and wish I could fish at least 20 days every month.
Wow! Close call, but I lm a suckered for underwater shots
Gotta love the bow and the snow capped mountain background.
Awesome pictures!
Great photos, the colors are spectacular. 20 days of fishing in one month? Color me jealous!
Nice photos! Wish I had some of them on the end of my line!
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Love the photo of the tail and trout looking back at the camera with the snow capped mountains in the background.
Awesome!
Love that tail photo
Gotta go with the black and white.
When the weather finally starts to change down here in the South, I’m really drawn to images like these that show the promise of getting outdoors again. Thanks for these great photos!
Love the pics. wish i had the space to carry a decent camera with me fishing.
My two pictures in here were taken with my IPhone 5S, Patrick. Just grab a unique perspective, utilize the beauty around you, and most importantly get out there and fish as much as you can! tight lines!
Great photos! They make me excited to get on the water again!
awesome contest
cool contest
Some amazing pictures here. I voted
Definitely some great shots! I only made it out 6 times I think… October isn’t looking much more productive.
Beautiful work! I wish I could have voted for them all.
Awesome photos! I dig the colors in a lot of them! Such beautiful fish!
Great submissions! Keep those lines tight
That bass shot is exquisite. Trout are gorgeous but bass and bluegill on the fly is summer fun without a doubt.
Fantastic pictures and hard to choose just 3!
Loved the bass, redfish, and that big top water take!
Awesome photos everyone! I love the black and white shot with the fog and mountains in the background. I want something like that hanging up in my home!
I love all of the photos, but especially those of the trout. Their markings and colors are so beautiful.
Great photos
Beautiful fish and beautiful places.
Great fish! Being from the southeast I loved the bass one, but I’m hoping to catch my first trout next weekend.
As much as I enjoy outdoor photography, I’m not co-ordinated enough to fish and take pics at the same time.
Great looking photos!
Really great stuff, another beautiful september on the water!
Voted!
Great photos! Wish I could’ve gotten out 20 times!
Great photos, love the browns
Fantastic all around. I love fishing photography, especially fly fishing photography. An angler is a fibber without a photographer, and the better the photographer, the better the angler seems.
Wow, those are some incredible pictures! Hard to pick just three!
Nate Roberts 2, the black and white is awesome
Great photos!
Awesome work!
Sweet pics
I dig the B/W at the top!
Great pics! Thanks for the new desktop background.
Great Photos! The Nate Roberts 2 photo is really cool.
Great pics! How do the logistics work in the Drew Ross photo?
Gotta vote for the Largemouth Bass!
Such gorgeous pictures!
I tend to like the pics with rods and reels in them, but they were all great pics
Great photos!
Very cool to see the whole family getting into fish on the fly!
A fine set of finalists. Winners all!
phenomenal pictures and how nice it must be to fish 20 days a month!
Good luck, photographers!
Great shots! Love the black and white one.
Goodles luck people.
All the entries were amazing!!! I need to get my flies wet as well. It’s essential that we pass the torch to the next generation as well
Love Joey Roberts photo! Unique! ❤️
Beauties all. Only made 12 days. Next year!
Only made 3 days! Dam work.
They’re all pretty great, but I have to root for Nate for the win.
Great photos, soon it will be my grandson and me in a family pic
Joey’s was definitely not the run of the mill fish photo! Mike’s bass is a welcome shot of something besides a trout caught on a fly. Liked how the brown underwater is like a magazine photo.
Nice pic Joey Roberts. That bow looks ready for round two.
Nice photos. I got out once, which was a little better than my average so far this year.
Love the one with the guys wrist tat
Wonderful photos! I enjoyed them and reading the comments is fun. Great job Nate.
I’m loving all these photos!
The colors and unique styles of the photography really set them apart. Good luck to all.
Love all the photos!