Whittling down to these ten finalists was a difficult job!
Photomontage by Phil Monahan
Starting on September 1, many of you accepted our challenge to try to get on the water at least 20 times during the month. As an added incentive–as if you needed one–we launched our third 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. Participation really went through the roof this year, and we could barely keep up with all the entries. Hundreds of photos were posted during the month, and our in-house judges have chosen 10 images as our finalists.
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 some great prizes:
First Place: A Helios 3 Fly Rod of the winner’s choice.
Second Place: A Mirage Fly Reel of the winner’s choice.
Third Place: A pair of Orvis Made-in-the-USA Nippers.
We’ll also give a pair of nippers to one randomly selected voter at the end of the contest.
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.)
We will announce the winners on Tuesday, October 10th.
So choose our three winners, hit the “vote” button, and then leave a comment!
What about 20Octdays? September was a little rough on some of us, and our local rivers.
There’s nothing stopping you: go for it.
Some great shots in there!
Good luck to the entrants!
Stunning photo of baby in back pack streamside. I’d have voted for it 3 times if I could.
Tough to choose, great pics!
When it comes to fishing, there is never a bad photo.
Great photos!
Awesome contest, great pics!
Always love seeing others enjoy the sport I love as well! Great contest and great final pictures!
Maroon Bells with a youngster , color in the net keeping it wet and a pretty woman. Fishing in America at a grand scale
Nifty photos! Excited to see who wins it.
All were incredible photos, great job getting out on the water and getting some good pictures!
All terrific photos! Happy to see some bass shots make the final cut.
great stuff!
Awesome pics!
Great photos
love the red eyed monsters
all great photos, tough to choose!
Amazing photos- great job by everyone……
All great photos, congrats to the 10 finalists! Very cool tradition Phil, hope this happens every year!
Beautiful September memories!
The underwater pictures are exceptional
Great pics everyone! Fall is a special time to fish.
It would be cool to do an October version…. Just for fun maybe, and there would be some awesome foliage and fall colors on fish!
Another nice round of photos…
They all look great!
Thanks for the photo inspiration.
What a great contest with some wonderful pictures chosen as finalists. Well done on such a positive way to encourage people to get outside and enjoy September fishing
Great shots and happy folk are out there fishing!
Always enjoy underwater shots of fish.
cool
Great contest!
I love to see the underwater pics, that smallmouth with a popper is a real gem #warmwater
those nippers are dangerous. Hank showed me so.
An interesting display. Thanks for the great options.
Awesome Photos! good luck!
I need to start taking photos! Some great ones here.
Great photos and Good luck to all finalists!
Mike Court has my vote. Should have given some consideration to fowl hook but I’ll admit bias.
If it makes you feel any better, you were in the final 20.
All good stuff!! Already planning for next year!
Nice pictures. I especially liked the scenes with people fishing.
Great to see these photos! Would love to see more!
I’m loving the warm water fish!
Like the scenery and photos of the fish with the flies that they were caught with.
September is a great month to be on the water!
Nice!
Great month, great time. Thanks to all anglers for the great pics and to Orvis for virtually bringing us together.
Love the trout being released picture…A picture worth a thousand words. Practice catch and release..
#20sepdays
Lots of great pics!
Congrats to the finalists.
Question tho, are the voters competing for a nippers or a sling pack? The text said both.
D’oh! Bad cut-and-paste from last year. Thanks for the heads-up. Fixed now.
Great fish photos!
All good!
Killer photos, really puts you in the moment
Very hard to “whittle” down to 3!
all good photos
Cool to see some bass shots make it, in my area the water was really warm and would have been stressful on the trout so I tried to not target them as much. Overall great competition and it was good to get on the water so much. Thanks for doing this Orvis!
It was fun to watch my fiance do this challenge I got to get our a couple days with him. Weekday a great incentive to get outdoors! He made all 20! Unfortunately he didn’t make the top ten. :/ Thank you Orvis for giving him the opportunity to try. Hopefully next year! 🙂
Lots of great pictures keepin’ them wet!
Great photos, especially the brown held by woman fly fisher. Beautiful fish!
Nice photos
What a great distraction – thanks!
All outstanding photos! It was difficult to choose three.
Great pic can’t wait to see who wins
Mountains, gir holding fish, bow in net
Fun contest.
Wide variety of finalist pics, too.
I am JEALOUS….ALL pics are great…
Nice photos.
Great pictures! Great Contest! Keep up the good work Orvis.
That`s a great batch of photos!
Congrats to all the finalists!
Some good pictures.
All good entries! Hard to pick.
Smalllies for the win!
Awesome pictures, wish I could get 20 days of fishing every month!
Great pic!
All great photos. Best of luck to these finalists!
Reviewers picked some great ones. Hard to choose, but I managed
Tough choices! Love the AK pics
Tons of great photos but I like Delano’s
glad to be in top 10. i would give the Helios 3 to my brother if i won.
great pics, must have been tough to pick just 10
Great shots!
Caught! This one has been around awhile, loves the sport and expects to be released.
Nippers, Please!
Exceptional photos, especially the ones taken underwater!
Voted for my husband a Travis! I’m biased because I took the photo 🙂
Excellent photos all around, and such a great variety of shots, locations, and subjects. Good stuff.
They are all great. Hard to select just 3.
This was a blast, looking forward to next year already!
All are great pictures! it’s hard to choose a winner.
Great pictures, inspirational.
Inspirational.
Cool photos, especially the black and white trout.
Great photos
very nice and some unusual shots
All great shots! It came down to two for me! We’ll see!
Hope Mike Court wins first. He’s a great guy.
Hope Mike Court is you first place winner. He is a great guide.
WIsh I could have fished twenty day in September
I should have entered.
Beautiful pics!!!!
Great shots people!!!
Great shots people!!!
Wonderful pictures!
Every picture represents a reason I love fly fishing.
Brown in black & white. Nice.
All great choices, tough decision. Hopefull I’ll be in the running next year.
Great pictures from a great contest that really capture the moment
Fun.
A whole bunch of beautiful pics! If these dont convince someone to get out and fish, well there is no hope for them haha!! seriously though great shots, tough to choose for sure!!
Great Shot!
Gorgeous photos!!! Great choices.
I would have loved to participate but could not commit to 20 days, I did fish half of that and caught several nice fish and visited some good streams here in Western NY. Loved the trout pictures but also the scenery pictures because a successful day on the water isn’t always about the catch but the pursuit and the enjoyment of the great fisheries we have available. Good luck to the contestants.
Cool photos, all are winners for the chance to be in the wild as much as possible.
The striper was an easy choice.
All great pictures.
Really wish I could have been a part of it this year. Work schedule had to much travel, and some hurricanes hit. Such a cool contest and concept. Great work!
Some sweet photos
Great pics!
sweet pics!
Great contest even though none of my pics made the cut!
Nice pics! Congrats to all the top ten.
Love this picture of father and son
Father with child picture was incredible!
That underwater shot of the bass with the streamer is incredible!
Amazing pic winner forsure
Great rich
Good Luck to the “20 Days in September” fishermen and women; awesome prizes on offer. Loved seeing the photos posted during the 20 days.
Great pics!
Stunning!
Great picture
Nice photos
Breathtaking view…Awesome family time too 🙂
Tough choices. All are excellent.
Great photos!
all nice pics good luck everyone! 🙂
What great photos! Thanks for sharing!
Nice idea, list of great memories captured.
WOW! Some great images here, it was tough just choosing the three I considered to be the best. Some have talented eye for catching the moment.
Tough to decide as they were all wonderful
Great Photos of my favorite subject
They all are really cool but the first one is amazing.
Voted
Beautiful, I need to go fishing!
A calendar with the top 12 vote recipients would be something I could put next to my fly tying vice. Great job Orvis, supporting fly fishing and all of us who use your products.
Good luck to all contestants.
Always love seeing kids out there! Forgot about this contest, because I took some great ones (of kids fly fishing!) myself. And of course love seeing a colorful trout!
Never been fly fishing. Sounds like fun.
The reward of trout fishing is seeing the beauty of the fish.
Loved fly fishing in Montana once! It’s the only time I’ve been!
Hope I win.
Such beautiful scenery for a day of fly fishing!
All the photos were awesome and hard to choose from. The photo with the trout in the net was so moving to me as a fly fisher. A moment in time caught so clearly with the fish, the water and the net. It takes me back to a sport I love on the water and share with all of you.
Love the photos. Who doesn’t want twenty days of fishing in a month … or more?
Oops didn’t even know my photo was selected until right now! Too late to even vote DOH!
Pretty humbled to just have made it into the top 10.