Fly Fishing Film Tour has been making its way around the country promoting nearly a dozen fly fishing films. Last night the crew was in Arlington, VA at the Draft House Cinema showing their lineup. A few were underwhelming and a few were great.
Standouts:
Fly fishing and fly fishers can be so damn righteous, this small mob of middle-aged punk rockers get their fix yelling angry lyrics at angrier teenagers, and occasionally at stubborn trout. They're not hog tiers when it comes to fishing but you don't have to be to feel the love.
"Doc of the Drakes" has two messages it shares with the world; do what you love and you can do it forever, and any fish can be a trophy... but it helps if it's 25". Doc is an old man by his own account, and Parkinson's has left him with a shaky hand. Of course, that doesn't matter as long as you can set the hook right. The trout make him work for his catch, but he finds his trophy.
This one takes me out of DC and puts me back in "the land of giants." Nothing's more exhilarating than chasing steelhead in Alaska. These guys do it in true dirt bag style.
Now there were some mentionables, Fly a Legacy, The Arctic, and Riding High: A Season on the Fly.
The night was great, with tons of give-a-ways, good food and drink, good people.
Check it out. FlyFishingFilmTour
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