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Connect
Oct 25 2011 12:37 AM | Kevin McKay in Reviews
Have you ever stopped to think about how many things fly fishing connects us to? It connects us to friends, our environment, travel, nature, family and the fish themselves.CONFLUENCE films has done it again. They takes us around the world and back but they also show us how we are all connected to each place we travel to. They travel from Africa, Yellowstone, Japan, Alaska, Cuba and back home to Maine in search of the best fly fishing each place has to offer. Like Rise and Drift, Connect makes you feel like you are right there with the fisherman and the only thing missing is getting wet from the fish.
One thing I really like about this film is that it is all non-traditional places and fish. They have us fishing for little wild trout in Japan to big tiger fish in Africa. I know this film got me thinking of all the wild places around the world that I haven’t even thought of going to or fishing. They show you there is something for everyone in the world of fly fishing.
For me the best part of the film was the footage of the pike in Alaska. It is the best I have seen. Who thinks to travel to Alaska for monster pike? Everyone thinks big rainbows, but not this film. They take you after 40 inch northern pike on the fly and as you watch the footage of the big fly going through the water, all you see is a huge mouth open up and engulf it. It made my mouth hang open! They really capture the adrenaline rush of a huge pike chasing after a huge fly. I am having second thoughts on reasons to go to Alaska.
As I watched this film there was something that stood out in each destination. The under water footage blew me away. It felt like I was right in the water with these fish. I could see every detail and muscle movement as the fish swam away.
With winter just around the corner, this film will have you longing for next season and have you dreaming of a trip of a life time. I know I will be watching this several times this winter as the snow is blowing outside.
By Kevin McKay
Edited by Jennifer Bowman-McKay
http://www.confluencefilms.tv/
