Starting on September 1, many of you committed to trying to get on the water at least 20 times during the 30 days of the month. As an added incentive–although you probably didn’t need one–we launched our sixth annual “20 Days in September” Photo Contest, which required entrants to post photos to the Orvis Fly Fishing Facebook or Instagram page, along with the hashtags #20sepdays and #orvisflyfishing. After poring over more than 2,000 entries, our crack team of in-house judges have come up with 10 finalists–which was no small task.
Take a close look at the 10 photos in the widget below (you can see larger versions at the bottom of this page), and then choose your three favorites. The photographers are competing for some great prizes:
First Place: A Helios 3 Fly Rod of your choice.
Second Place: A Pair of Orvis Pro Waders.
Third Place: A Mirage LT Fly Reel of your choice.
We’ll also give a pair of made-in-the-USA Orvis Nippers to one randomly selected voter at the end of the contest.
Important Note: To be eligible to win the nippers, 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.)
Voting ends at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, October 9th, and we will announce the winners on Monday, October 12th.
So choose our three winners, hit the “vote” button, and then leave a comment below!
Don’t forget to leave your comment for a chance to win!
Tomorrow, we’ll feature the “Local Slam” finalists . . . . Stay tuned.
All are great!
All are wonderful photos!
Agree all are good , I thought hard and chose 3 that I like best because of the photography and meaning
Fishing is what the world needs more of. Beautiful work from all. ✌!
Yes! Multi talented fishermen.
The misty kayak pic gives me all the feels! Makes me wanna get out on the water!
It wasn’t easy to pick only 3 and I don’t think I could choose just one of those 3 as my number 1. Great selection of photos as usual.
All are great pics!!!
All amazing photos! Hard to choose just 3.
Well done, everyone! Really enjoyed your photos!!
Tough choice this year! They are all great!
Made my day!
Such great photos!!
Great contest and great photos! Was hard to choose! Thanks Orvis!
Great pictures! Had a lot of fun doing the challenge, can’t wait for another round next year.
All are awesome photographs, very hard to just pick three.
All great images- roll on next summer!
Great pics
Good luck everyone!
Brookie spots, great timing, and full family fishing day!
Only three??? I wish we could rank them or something…all are great!
Love the pictures with kids
Poor grasshopper!
Makes me want to get back on the water.
Nice pics
Wonderful range of photos. Great idea and inspiration even if folks can only get out for a day or two in September (or only get out virtually through the photos). Thanks.
Anybody that can fish with kids on the water- let alone three-should win the lottery.
Well done all!
Great pics
Great shots. Hard to choose!
The fish coming up to feed is one of the coolest pictures ive ever seen.
Congrats! Actually follow several of these finalists. So happy for them!
So many great photos!
The lighting behind the trees made for a mystical backdrop behind the fisherman in the fat fingered fly tyer photo. Well done!
Love the Fat Fingered Fly Tyer! Should be framed.
well done! Run it back next month?!?!
Great stuff.
Great photos everyone! It was difficult to choose only three!
The Fat Fingered Fly Tyer photo is absolutely one of the best.
The atmosphere of the picture is as magical as from the secret garden through which the crystal clear trout river flows.
Fulfillment of every fisherman’s dreams, the image exudes harmony and genuine joy of the peace of nature that the fisherman can experience.
Ain’t Gods creation grant? We’re all blessed. What more could you want but a couple tight lines?
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Ain’t Gods creation grant? We’re all blessed.
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Hard to pick only 3
Nice stuff.
Very nice pics!
Appreciate the quality and the variety.
Very hard to only choose 3. Excellent photos.
I had a hard time choosing only 3! They are all amazing photos.
Prettiest pics in Wyoming.
Love a Brooke, but those sunfish colors!
The photos are getting better every year! Very nice work.
Alan Downie’s brookie is sublime!
Thank you, Jesse.
These are fun, thanks!
FAT FINGERED,MISTY KAYAK,AND BROOKIE WERE MY PICKS.. ALL GREAT…
Thank you!
Amazing
Some inspiring photographs!
Really great work by everyone. Terrific pictures!!
Nothing beats the fall!
All so beautiful after a miserable summer.
I am excited to take part in this next year. I am currently participating in my own self-mandated 31 days of Fishtober. I am 6 for 6 so far!!
Wow so many great pictures, I should have tried harder to catch a pretty one.
Wow so many great picture to bad my fish weren’t pretty or I would have participated
Wow so many great picture to bad my fish weren’t pretty or I would have participated, I also need to get out in the fall for my chance to catch a big trout
I love seeing all of these photos; the creativity and love for trouts… but especially the family/children who love to fish photos… makes me a proud angler
@organically.megan
These photos are incredible!!
Awesome picture! So hard to just choose 3
All the photos are great. Looking forward to next September!
Jim, you should be fishing! ….nice time stamp….
Great photos by all again this year.
Hard to choose from the great selection.
I think the pictures were better than last year and it was a definite challenge to pick the three best.
Beautiful photos!!! Pretty amazing that we have the opportunity to see and share these among each other! Good luck to all!
These photos are all incredible everyone should be so proud of themselves!!
Love the cricket and fish photo!
Great job by everyone! I look forward to this contest every year.
Some absolutely amazing entries this year, but I love the lighting on the Fat Fingered Fly Tyer image. Amazing job capturing that scene.
Lots of great shots… love the bass peaking out of the water. Clever!
Thank you David. Fishing solo certainly adds a difficulty factor to fish selfies.
Tough choosing only 3. Well done everyone!
Really great pictures and lots of creativity. I love the family picture !
Great photo’s!!
Great pictures!
As always, hard to pick only three, since so many combine beauty with love of fish and of waters.
Beautiful shots
Hard to narrow it down to 3, great pictures!
All Beautiful! But such a cute family!
They are all great pictures especially the one in the forest.
Great photos all around!
Cool photos people!!
I think the grasshopper has one more kick left…. great tail shot Mr. Johnson…nice change of perspective on the LMB Alan!
Thank you Roland.
Wonderful photos…thanks for sharing.
Thanks Yaya!
All of the photographed were well done
Amazing photos from everyone! Can’t wait to see who the winners are!
Congratulations to all of the finalists! They are all outstanding and it wasn’t easy to choose. Thank you Orvis!
Much appreciation for the love given to sunfish
really amazing the timing on Neal Henderson’s photo
Great work…..inspiring
Creative perspectives in several of those. Thanks to all for sharing.
Did you post the “localslam” pictures yet?
I was wondering the same thing. I didn’t have a chance to participate in the local slam this year, but was really looking forward to seeing the results.
These are all really good. The rainbow about to sip the hopper really blew me away.
Hard to choose all are great!!!
Great Photos!!!!
very nice pictures and I like all of your products.
nice pics.
These photos illustrate why September is the absolute best month to have a fly rod in one hand and a camera in the other.
But there are eleven other months that do just fine as well.
Thanks, Orvis.
Love mama bear
Fantastic work!!
Some beautiful pictures hard to pick
Awesome pictures! Hard to pick the favorites and love to see families and kids fly fishing!!
Great photos! I love the sunlight coming through the fins on Tim Johnson’s photo: ethereal.
I voted. All great photos but my favorite was the grasshopper about to get slurped
Awesome work by all those who submitted.
First fish. Hooked for a life time. Family that fishes together stay’s together. Release for a lifetime.
All very nice photo’s
Good work by all!
These are all beautiful photos representing the colors, lighting and the special places we explore and discover while fishing. The catching and releasing of fish is just an added bonus
I love the colors, background, and composition of Tim Johnson’s photo. It is a beautiful shot of a beautiful fish, but from a not so typical view point.
Love seeing such beautiful pics out in the wild while fishing! Good Luck everybody!
Excellent photos, love the underwater photography.
Amazing pics! Very happy to see they’re not all “hero” shots of trout. Live them too, but live seeing other species too.
All beautiful shots!But where the browns at?
Great shots!!
Great photos!!!
I just love Tim’s image!
Great photos
As one fisherperson to another, it’s the pursuit, not the catch, that matters.
They should all win!!
Bunch of good stuff but Timmys is the best!
I love the water shots with all the clarity and emphasis on the colors of the trout species
Vibrant colors & serene shots…all are stunning
I appreciate fly fishing photos that aren’t a grip and grin. Really show diversity of the fish, the water, and people that catch em. All of these are great!
Wow, such great photos, hard to pick just 3. Goodluck everyone.
This contest was a cool idea. Looking forward to see who wins!
Per usual, everything Tim Johnson does is beautiful.
They are all great. Wish I could take pics like this. Vote Tim!
Great contest. Beautiful work. Tim Johnson tough to top.
You all are great! Tight lines!
The sun glow through that tail .
I’ve always loved fishing pictures…outdoor beauty.
Thank you all for sharing your photos, it’s definitely going to be a tight race!
All are amazing, but I kinda think I like Tim Johnson’s photo the best.
The Fat Fingered Fly Tyer photo is absolutely one of the best.
The atmosphere of the picture is as magical as from the secret garden through which the crystal clear trout river flows.
Fulfillment of every fisherman’s dreams, the image exudes harmony and genuine joy of the peace of nature that the fisherman can experience.
Thank you, Martzu. I couldn’t have described it better myself.
All credit goes to my beautiful and talented wife (@maedbhryanphotography on instagram) for capturing this amazing scene.
All fantastic, but hats off to Kayla start them young !
Pictures of fishing and Mother Nature are ALL wonderful!
It’s almost impossible to narrow it down to three. Amazing work everyone!
Awesome pictures! Go Tim!
Alan Downie’s fish in hand is beautiful!
I appreciate it Scott! I’ll keep trying
Nice work!
All were great, but ya gotta love pictures of kids fishing.
All of the photos were great. Good luck to everyone. Can’t wait to get back out on the water.
Killer photos yeewww!
Excellent photos! Trout certainly live in beautiful places, and the photographers captured them well!
#lifeisbeautiful
Tim Johnsons work is BEYOND amazing. I wish I could own all his pieces. Good luck Tim. Keep up the great work!-Tanya Michelle
Very kind, Tanya. Thank you much!
Nice!
Hard to pick from such great photos! If one had featured a brook trout in a mask, it would have been the clear winner in 2020!
Beautiful photos!
Cory Ingram’s shot of a very young girl with a fish shows the innocence of youth. No cell phone or iPod in the boat and she doesn’t even seem to mind.
How can one argue with natural colours as per Nic Gilott’s photo?
And time alone in a canoe per adk_fisherman, is a bucket list choice. I wouldn’t even come in when the breakfast bell sounded.