Welcome to the another edition of the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival! Each week, we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing videos available and then serve them up for you to enjoy. This week, we’ve got a dozen wonderful productions to help you forget that winter is almost upon us. There are some truly moving and powerful stories here, as well as stunning scenery and spectacular fish. Destinations include Alaska, Argentina, British Columbia, Montana, and more.
For best results, watch all videos at full-screen and in high definition. Remember, we surf so you don’t have to. But if you do stumble upon something great that you think is worthy of inclusion in a future F5, please post it in the comments below, and we’ll take a look
We kick things off with a gorgeous and moving film offers an intimate portrait inside one indigenous family’s seasonal salmon rituals and their connection to the Bristol Bay Fly Fishing and Guide Academy, where local youth are empowered through fly fishing to serve as guides and conservationists.
Guide Rachel Finn discusses loss and a renewed desire for new experiences, including a remarkable trip to Argentina for trout and golden dorado.
Shooting on film is a big commitment, and it pays off here. It’s long, but worth your time.
Stunning vistas and big fish from British Columbia.
Andy Mill is releasing some old “Sportsman’s Journal” episodes, and they’re very cool.
This is wonderfully weird, involving a custom Stratocaster, God’s fly box, and hatred of nymphs.
This short makes Pyramid Lake look like a fun, easy destination. (Where’s the cold and wind?)
B-Run coho salmon in southwestern Washington our are big, mean and eager to take a fly.
Freshwater stripers don’t get much press, but there are some remarkable fisheries in the South.
Montana’s Missouri is big, beautiful trout water.
If you love small mountain freestone streams, the Swiss Alps are the place to be.
Dreamy footage of wild brook trout making more wild brook trout.
