If you haven’t heard about the Fly Fishing Film Tour please take a moment to read the following ’cause ya gotta come to this !!!
The Fly Fishing Film Tour is touching down in Ontario on March 21st at the Bloor Street Cinema (506 Bloor Street West) and on April 17 in Burlington at 4015 Mainway Drive. The Fly Fishing Film Tour is for anyone interested in fly fishing. You will see 7 short films at the event and it as as close to “fly fishing porn” as you will ever see ! Tickets for both the Toronto and Burlington screenings are available at WILSON’S and other fly shops in Southwestern Ontario.
Here’s a brief description of the films provided by the makers of the movies themselves!
Confluence Films, “DRIFT” – A stunning visual journey, DRIFT combines the highest quality film production, world class fly-fishing and an eclectic group of anglers to create the most definitive film about the sport to date. Filmmakers Chris Patterson, Tom Bie and Chris Klug take you on a cinematic adventure across the flats of Belize and the Bahamas, down the tailwaters of the Green, Frying Pan and the Big Horn, spey casting on the Deschutes, and exploring the exotic rivers of Kashmir, India.
RA BEATTIE “ Nervous Water”: Filmed in Colorado in the dead of winter, New Zealand in the heart of summer, Texas in the fall and Papua New Guinea during the rainy season – Nervous Water depicts the thrilling pursuits of four groups of anglers, each hopelessly obsessed with the fish they love – Brown Trout, Cutbows, Redfish and Marlin.
Felt Soul Media “Eastern Rises, Red Gold” :Felt Soul Media combines the vision of founders; Ben Knight and Travis Rummel, in creating soulful, story driven fly fishing films that capture the emotion and beauty inherent to the sport. From the Far reaches of the Kamchatka Peninsula to the threatened Bristol Bay, FeltSoul will delve beneath the surface of Fly Fishing to expose its deeper passion in “Eastern Rises” and “Red Gold”.
Skinny Fist Productions “Rivers of the Lost Coast”: The story of the cutthroat culture of California’s coastal fly fishing. Led by legendary fly fishing gypsy, Bill Schaadt, a cult of coastal fishermen revolutionized their sport and redefined their own lives. Eventually they would find themselves among the first voices screaming about California’s Salmon and Steelhead crisis.
Jamie Howard “Bass: The Movie” This is the first comprehensive look behind the scenes of Bass: The Movie. We pitted a conventional angler and a fly rod angler against one another in a Bass Eden. Who would win? Well, as it turned out, it evolved into a surprising team that left the Bass literally shaking their heads.
World Angling “Connected”: Will Benson met Dave Teper during the summer of 2007. With a shared interest in saltwater fly fishing and film production, it became obvious that the two could combine talents and create a new type of production company. Join the crew as they are in search of the best saltwater flats fishing action, the largest fastest game fish that lurke in the light blue ocean as well as profile the people who have created a lifestyle that surrounds this passion
RollCast Productions “Hustle and Fish”: is an epic fly fishing adventure chalked full wacky characters, near death experiences, sharks, bears, wolves, and most of all breathtaking fly fishing footage and plenty of fish porn. Shot on High Definition with 35mm lenses “Hustle and Fish” is Rollcast Productions highly anticipated follow up to the indie Fly Fishing hit “Fishizzle!”
