I was lucky enough to be invited along to the Rise Fly Fishing Film Festival last night, hosted by Fly Fishing nut, and Film guru Nick Raygaert. It featured previews for an amazing looking film called "Off the Grid", and another film called "Heads or Tails" by local fisho and ex Hotbite writer Phil Jagger. Phils first film focuses around catching Permit on fly in Broome, and features some local fishos scrambling along the beaches chasing flighty schools of Permit, and some incredible footage of Permit taking dry flies of the surface near the broome jetty. I ended up buying this DVD, and its a great watch!!

The main feature of the night was Nick Reygaert latest instalment in "The Source" series, this one, "The Source - New Zealand". All i can say is WOW! The breathtaking New Zealand scenery cannot be described in words, and the HD footage he has captured is absolutely breathtaking!! The fishing is amazing as well, and he follows four styles of fisho in Adventurers, Locals, Trophy Hunters and one other that escapes me at the moment. I've never been into fly fishing personally, but some of the scenes in this flick make you want to "fly" out the door, grab a wand, and head off to the fresh looking for the nearest Trout of any description..

Amazing stuff, and if you see it on the shelf, i highly reccomend a viewing, even if just for the scenery. Nick also showed a sneak peek of his upcoming, and last Source flick, "The Source - Iceland", and it looks like more of the same breathtaking footage, lookout for that one.

Heres a few links to wet the appetite! Oh, and a big thanks to Coggers for the invite!


Head's or Tails trailer - http://vimeo.com/7413314

Nick's Site - http://www.gin-clear.com/

The Source - New Zealand trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9ds7G9hFM8&feature=player_embedded