A small bomb of a pike flyfishing video, with great fishermen who fish rolly-polly (I’d have loved to see a hook-up!!!), top streamers (great tying, super clean), a homemade stripping basket, spots that smell good the fish scales and teeth, nice healthy pike with beautiful colors… It’s no fishporn with dozens of topwater strikes, and big daddies every cast. It is closer to reality, and it feels good, to see guys who do it well.
Awesome job.
Here’s a little note from Fank Moore to thank all of you who helped so the shooting the documentary Mending the Line becomes reality. With a special warm thank you to our ambassadors Pierre Affre and Eric Arbogast.
Dear Friends, those I know personally, and those I hope to see and know soon, so they will become close, loving friends also.
When this trip and filming project first came up I told the people in the production company I did not want them to solicit funding from friends and those who would give out of the goodness of their hearts, but to have Corporate Sponsorship. Their answer, my wife’s, my family, and many friends was, “Just remember one thing, you will be honoring all of those who have served, living and dead, as you retrace your steps through Europe oh so many years ago.”
I am so grateful, and yes so humbled, by the response individually from all of you to the call, (I still cannot believe it). Also to American Airlines for flying our son Frank, my wife Jeanne, and I, First Class from Portland to Frankfurt and return (WOW), and Patagonia for their above and beyond contribution to the trip.
Mark Hemstreet, Shilo Inns, is donating lodging for us coming and going also. Mark’s uncle, Bob Hemstreet, was in my unit during the war, and probably got as close to Berlin before VE Day as any American Soldier. Many years ago Mark donated a long weekend for a reunion of 75 members of our Unit, including rooms, meals, banquet, and a trip to Lincoln City so those from the east coast could see the Pacific Ocean.
I wish we could take each and every one of you with us on this amazing trip, that will take us to Luxembourg, and the American Cemetery there where we will be involved with the Memorial Day celebration, the streams of Normandy and Brittany to bring to life a dream of 70 years, then to June 6 services at the huge cemetery above Omaha Beach for that Memorial, as well as visiting the place where we went over the Dune at Utah Beach.
I will be carrying the names of everyone of you with us wherever we go, so THANKYOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, and much more, for the gift you have given and are giving to us. Wish I could hug each one of you.
With love, Frank Moore
Here we go! After Greta Saatchi, Jade Jagger, Jerry Hall, Ben Kingsley and many others…Mélanie Laurent joins the band!… Raising awarness of the weakness of our oceans this is what Fish Love is all about!
Poler, is one of the cooliest outdoor brand we know. We’ve already mentionned their duffel bag but here, they really rock! CHeck out that film, sweet for a cap, isn’t it? When I think of our little posters for our shirt….(you still can buy one…). We love that film, we love thier gear, we love Poler! Fishing for Steelhead with Curtis Ciszek
Marc, Marc, my friend Marc…. why didn’t you take us with you? Why is it that you”re the one to get to all the nice places! We want what you have! We want that crazy rooster fishing! We love it! We want to be on that boat with you!!! Dang! This looks so much fun! bajapiratesoflapaz.com
Every summer it was the same thing.. The great family transhumance that took us to the little village of Ousinieres, a port nestled in a dead end, a stone’s throw from Toulon. It was a place where I passed marvelous days as Tarzan, perched in the umbrella pines in the Hotel Provencal gardens, scrutinizing the hostile jungle. I returned to reality, regularly smeared with an awful resin that was like dog-shit and brought on my mother’s wrath; when I think of that marvelous woman, I remember the anger as theatrical and her wrath filled with gentleness. Read more…
Shame… we like fishermen who have the right attitude. Catch and release, semms for us the way of fishing. Sometimes we keep fish to eat, when we’re not threatning a species. Here we have an example of what not to do. Please share that video and support savethetarpon.com may we do everything to stop the The Professional Tarpon Tournament Series (PTTS) in Boca Grande, Florida. FIshing is pleasure, not competition
With my friend Oli, we went drove down to Le Tarn for the Opening. Our opening, one month after the official one. We had caught, trouts, sunburns, slept in the car by the river, laughed like kids. At this time there was only neoprene waders and we were so hot in those early spring days. On the way back, we found this old tape in the glove box. The Doors, we listened to it over and over till we got to Paris. We were young and life wave so promising !
Skeena steelheads, big and strong as a cyclist leg… This is insanity, now that I’ve seen this film, I am going to be haunted and my dreams will be filled with chromes…sometimes I hate to find films on the web…I oonly want to go fishing, now, more than ever!.
A little trip to the land of Bonefish and Tarpon, Florida. Two short (one very short) films that we like! Lucky ones you get the week end special: 2 films on the same post!
I wanna tell you ’bout a dance
that’s goin’ around
everybody’s doin’ it
from the grownups down
Don’t move your head
don’t move your hands
don’t move your lips
just shake your hips
Do the hip shake, babe
do the hip shake, babe
shake your hip, babe
shake your hip, babe
Seriouly? Did you see that? It’s a shame! Those bears they don’t seem to ever brush their teeth! It is very dangerous, if they eat you yu might get some weird desease! We should ask ASPCA to take action righjt now and give those bears a proper toothbrush with toothpaste and send someone to show them how to use it! It’s a shame! I’m not even talking about the foul breath they must have…I would want to kiss a bear after seeing that film…
The morning at the riverside was of an enchanting sweetness. Not because I raised a multitude of fish worthy of gracing the covers fishing magazine, but because I was doing what I love most, feeleeling the water flow between my legs, breathing in perfumes unknown in my studio (where there is an unrelenting odor of turpentine) and having a little snack, sitting with my head in the shade and my toes fanned out before me.
At the river I prepared a sandwich of real competition. It’s not that I spit on sausage and butter, or ham with pickles or camembert of Normandy (don’t put words in my mouth) but if there is one thing that really turns my head, it’s lavender honey. Read more…
Five years, our freinds blog Bearnishfly is 5 years old! They’ve accomplished the hardest: staying online. How many blogs, forums or websites have we seen dissapearing in the black holes of the internet… Only the ones with perseverance manage to stay online and you did it! So a Happy birthday to you guys, and thank you for giving us those amazing films! Gora Gora Bearnishfly!* (Long Life Bearnisfly in Basque)
And here’s a little gift from us:
