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| Photo: Copyright Bow River Shuttles 2012 |
Friday, February 24, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Countdown to Back Cast Fly Fishing Film Festival - only 2 days!
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| Francis Degere ('Digger') (left) from "The Making of Digger" |
Special thanks to Peter Nelson, Stony Kill Films, for this exclusive photo.
Bow River Shuttles is proud to present "Digger: Portrait of a Bamboo Fly Rod Maker" at Back Cast Fly Fishing Film Festival 2012.
For over 50 years, Francis Degere has been making bamboo fly rods in his Adams, Massachusetts home.
"Digger," as he is known, spends 100 hours handcrafting each split-cane rod from a single culm of bamboo. His skills and techniques are revealed as he teaches the craft to his apprentice, Fred Moran, thus passing on the torch to the next generation.
Back Cast FFFF supports Project Healing Waters Canada (PHWFFC). Net proceeds donated to PHWFFC.
This Is Fly - #33 Feb/Mar 2012
If you enjoyed the tiger fishing in Africa segment at my recent Canadian Premiere of CONNECT, you’ll certainly want have a look through “Fanged Creature of Awesomeness”.
Or you might want to start with a very good article “Bamboo Kid from Jersey”.
Interesting that one of the featured films at my upcoming Back Cast Fly Fishing Film Festival is “Digger: Portrait of a Bamboo Fly Rod Maker”.
Great to see the next generation picking up that tradition!
Either article will give you a good start on the current issue of “This Is Fly”.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Countdown to Back Cast Fly Fishing Film Festival - only 3 days!
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Roderick Haig-Brown from “Fisherman’s Fall” |
Special thanks to The National Film Board of Canada for this exclusive photo.
We are very pleased to have obtained permission from The National Film Board of Canada to screen a 'Canadian classic' from 1967 - "Fisherman's Fall".
This film, now 45 years old, features one of Canada's best known fly-fishermen, essayist Roderick Haig-Brown, demonstrating the art of salmon fishing in the Campbell River of northern Vancouver Island, against a background of early autumn foliage.
Bow River Shuttles is proud to present “Fisherman’s Fall” at Back Cast Fly Fishing Film Festival 2012.
Back Cast FFFF supports Project Healing Waters Canada (PHWFFC). Net proceeds donated to PHWFFC.
The Majestic Plastic Bag - A Mockumentary
At first glance, this may not seem like a water issue, or a fisheries issue… But it is both. And then some.
Thanks to Rolf S. for passing this along.
Looking back along the Bow River - Season 2011
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| Michelle chatting with shuttle clients Photo: Copyright Bow River Shuttles 2012 |
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Countdown to Back Cast Fly Fishing Film Festival - only 4 days!
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The Jump from “The Making of Tapâm” |
Special thanks to Daniel Göz and Jan Bach Kristensen for this exclusive photo.
About Daniel and Jan:
Daniel is a full time freelance photographer and filmmaker. He is based in Frankfurt. Daniel has been traveling of the beaten path for nearly two decades. He traveled most of the Americas, East Africa and Asia. His low impact travel approach lead to the discovery of unseen forms of flyfishing.
Jan has a true passion for photography, traveling and anything that has to do with flyfishing. He is located in Copenhagen, and never misses a chance to visit near and far destinations with flyrod and camera in hand. In Denmark Jan mainly fishes the beautiful and varied beaches for sea-run brown trout, an all-year fishery with a long tradition.
Bow River Shuttles is proud to present “Tapâm” at Back Cast Fly Fishing Film Festival 2012.
Back Cast FFFF supports Project Healing Waters Canada (PHWFFC). Net proceeds donated to PHWFFC.
Tickets also available at the following locations, until Wednesday Feb 22 (CASH ONLY):
Fish Tales Fly Shop
Country Pleasures Fly Fishing
West Winds Fly Shop
SouthBow Fly & Tackle
Bow River Troutfitters
The Fishin' Hole
Calgary Women Fly Fishers Club meetings
Calgary Hook & Hackle Club meetings
Calgary Hook & Hackle Club – Open House Wed Feb 22
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Photos from last year's 2011 Open House All photos: Copyright Bow River Shuttles 2012 |
Everything you’ve always wanted to know about the Calgary Hook & Hackle Club, but were afraid to ask. That’s what the club’s Open House is all about!
Club members will have display tables set up on many subjects, including the following:
Beginner fly tying |Fly fishing equipment | Chrominds | Pike Flies |Stream fishing |Spey rods | Fly tying | Rod Building
As well, Jim Stelfox (Senior fisheries biologist, SRD Fish and Wildlife) will be on hand with a display table on Fish Identification.
Family Day along the Bow River – Mon Feb 20 2012
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| Improving the odds? Two rods - fly gear and spin gear. All photos: Copyright Bow River Shuttles 2012 |
It got all the way up to -1.0 °C on Family Day, and that was good enough to bring out some hardy Bow River fly fishers.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Countdown to Back Cast Fly Fishing Film Festival - only 5 days!
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A New Zealand brown caught on a green Stu Tripney foam fly “The Making of ‘A Foam Odyssey” |
Special thanks to Stu Tripney for this exclusive photo.
About Stu Tripney:
"Fly fishing and fishing in general has been a passion of mine for a very long time. It probably didn't help that my grandfather and great grandfather were champions, well known as great fishermen of the time. At the age of eight I caught my first brown trout (7 inches) which I proudly took back to my grandmothers for tea.. (we'd never heard of catch and release in those days). Two years later I won my first fishing competition, then another, and another. I would win some lovely trophies and cups for coming first but if I won "Heaviest Trout of the Day" I would also win some money, which I saved up enough to buy and build my first fly rod. There was no looking back after that!"
Bow River Shuttles is proud to present “A Foam Odyssey” at Back Cast Fly Fishing Film Festival 2012.
Back Cast FFFF supports Project Healing Waters Canada (PHWFFC). Net proceeds donated to PHWFFC.
Tickets also available at the following locations, until Wednesday Feb 22 (CASH ONLY):
Fish Tales Fly Shop
Country Pleasures Fly Fishing
West Winds Fly Shop
SouthBow Fly & Tackle
Bow River Troutfitters
The Fishin' Hole
Calgary Women Fly Fishers Club meetings
Calgary Hook & Hackle Club meetings
40 music stations and Alt Country - it's all good!
Music lovers across Canada will be impressed with the new CBC Music site launched last week.
Featuring 40 web radio stations and ’14 genre-based online communities’, listeners will be able to download music, stream podcasts, watch concerts and access the CBC archive.
Included in the station line up are three ‘Country’ stations, including one labeled ‘Alternative Country’. Who knew!
One band listed as Alt Country is ‘Blackie and the Rodeo Kings’.
Looking back along the Bow River - Season 2011
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| Michelle meeting shuttle client Photo: Copyright Bow River Shuttles 2012 |
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