Leeches for Big Trout

Leech sunglasses that is.  Although this appears to be a Leech Eyewear advert it's all fishin all the time.  Plenty of good sight fishing for trout taking dries.

If you want to check out Leech Sunglasses, click through to their website.

Worldwide Dry Fly Trout Fishing

The Fish & The Fly 1 Dry Flies from Niels Vestergaard on Vimeo.

April Vokey and Andrea Charlton Steelhead BC

April Vokey of Fly Gal Ventures fishing some special water with her bud Andrea Charlton and Dustin Kovcavich of Nicholas Dean Lodge.

Skate Trailer

Our trailer went to The Fly Fishing Film Tour (F3T) and all it brought us back was this rotten T-shirt.  Well okay, not totally true, it actually brought us back a very nice bottle of bourbon (collectors quality really) and a pretty sweet hat.  Thanks for that F3T.  The part that was true was that my edits were unsuccessful in making both the F3T and the International Fly Fishing Film Festival (IF4) cuts.


Here’s the trailer for Skate--Fly Fishing Fantasies’ unsuccessful entry into the 2012 F3T.  What do you think is missing?  If you’ve ever attended either of the festivals and have some insight into the type of videos that make it in or the type of fishing you’d like to see make it in, please share your thoughts in the comment box on Vimeo or in the comment link on my blog at flyfishingfantasies.blogspot.com.  Much appreciated for any constructive criticism you have.  I’m hoping to make improvements and make the grade in the future.  

Fly Fishing Fantasies' 62 minute January 2012 dry fly steelheading DVD release, Paid in Full, can be purchased now at flyfishingfantasies.com or your local fly shop.  If they don't have it, ask them to get it or get it direct through us.

Patagonia Trout

Brook Trout--Labrador Edition

Minipi Camps looks to have some brookie fishing on the large end of the scale.  On a sadder note Michael Jackson would have been disappointed to see that his landing gloves didn't do the trick at 4:40.  Or maybe we can call it operator error.

Learn to Skate Dries for Big Steelhead in Time for Spring

Fly Fishing Fantasies' dry fly steelheading video, Paid in Full, released in late January 2012.  I'm finally getting a chance to let y'all know how to get your hands on a copy.

The piece-de-resistance of this video has to be Skate U--a dry fly steelheading tutorial featuring a whole wack of great dry fly attacks while it teaches you the key points to take a steelhead on the dry.  The introduction is incredibly sweet as well featuring a few of our biggest steelhead smacking dries and plenty of great scenery.  The video also includes the dream day where double digit steelhead are hooked, a slideshow of memorable steelies, some funny outtakes, and a very important conservation segment.

Here's the DVD jacket:

You can order your personal copy through flyfishingfantasies.com or purchase at your local fly shop.

BC & Alberta Trout--Jah Raven Edition

I've seen pieces from Jah Raven in the past.  Most definitely worth watching--great waters, fish, & film making.

Ultimate Steelheading AVAILABLE NOW

Fly fishing for BC steelhead is as good as it gets, especially when they're swirling at skated dries or when you're sight fishing for them.  Fly Fishing Fantasies' video, Paid in Full, follows four fishermen attempting to get a piece of this made in BC goodness.  There's over twenty rises to dries in this video and many other incredible sights as well.


Check out the official trailer below--you won't be disappointed.


If you can't see the video link, go to flyfishingfantasies.blogspot.com.

Go to flyfishingfantasies.com to purchase.

Fight Run of River Hydro in BC

Fight Run of River Hydro projects by emailing your displeasure to all three of the following contacts:  Ron.Ptolemy@gov.bc.ca ; Martha.Anslow@gov.bc.ca; mjl@telus.net. 

You can also donate to Fly Fishing Fantasies via our website at flyfishingfantasies.com.  We are using exhilarating fishing footage to help people understand what's at stake.  We hope to spread the word far and wide to enlist as many supporters as possible.  The number of BC rivers targeted for Run of River projects numbers in the hundreds-please help.  Your donations will be put to use to create additional videos aiming to stop all Run of River projects--not just one river at a time.

This is still one of my favourite trout fishing vids

In 96 and 97 I spent 5 months in New Zealand playing rugby and fly fishing.  This fishing is quite similar to my favourite steelheading--clear water, big fish, surface presentations, and watching it all happen.