**Exhibit 31.1**
**CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER**       
I, Vincent A. Rego, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of EncoreWire Corporation, certify that:   1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Encore Wire Corporation;   2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statementof material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make thestatements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statementswere made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by thisreport;   3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financialinformation included in this report, fairly present in all materialrespects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows ofthe registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;   4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible forestablishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (asdefined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) ) and internalcontrol over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(f)) for the registrant and have:   (a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused suchdisclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, includingits consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within thoseentities, particularly during the period in which this report is beingprepared;   (b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused suchinternal control over financial reporting to be designed under oursupervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability offinancial reporting and the preparation of financial statements forexternal purposes in accordance with generally accepted accountingprinciples;   (c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls andprocedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end ofthe period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and   (d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal controlover financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recentfiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of anannual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting; and   5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, basedon our most recent evaluation of internal control over financialreporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of theregistrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):   (a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design oroperation of internal control over financial reporting, to theregistrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):   (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or otheremployees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controlover financial reporting.     Date: March 14, 2005 By: /s/ Vincent A. Rego       Vincent A. Rego   **Chairman of the Board of Directors**   **and Chief Executive Officer**
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