I went to the RISE Fly Fishing Film Festival last year and it was pretty cool, there was some fantastic fishing and great photography to boot.. I don't fly fish but I walked out at the end of it pretty amped to give it a go (still haven't but haahaha)

Anyway last year's was held at the Luna, it started at about eight o'clock but they some free cans on ice for anyone who got there early. Was good to stand around and have a chat with other fishos. Once it kicked off Nick got up and spoke about a few of his fishing adventures he'd been on, primarily a couple of trips chasing bones... at the Cocos Islands I think. Then for the next couple of hours he played 20min sections from different fly fishing vids that had come on the market recently. Off the top of my head I think there was some chasing redfish in the States, bonefish on Cocos, permit in Florida and some crazy footage chasing taimen in Mongolia.

This year they say they're heading to Mexico, Iceland, NZ and it looks like some local footage up north chasing permit (few grabs from the vids in the link below).

Anyway just putting out an expression of interest to see if anyone wants to hook up for it this year... it's on Monday 16 August in Freo, 7.30-9.30pm, tickets $25... maybe head out somewhere afterwards for a yarn? It's still over a month away so I'll resurrect the thread closer to the date if it drops off.

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