The Saltwater Journal

I am slightly pleased to announce the launch of The Saltwater Journal.

Essentially, it's another website sharing the same damn fishporn, fly tying videos and articles as a half-dozen other websites do.

BUT...

It does have a fine-ass collection of links (here) that will be added to regularly. And it will be a one-stop shop for all things salty.

You might be asking why.

Well, if I don't keep myself occupied with something over the course of this winter, I'm probably going to do something stupid, like drive my truck to Mexico with girlfriend, dog, fishing gear & kayak in tow. The Saltwater Journal (as well as this site) might prevent stupidity from occurring.

Check it out here, but be prepared to waste an hour watching fishporn you've already watched before.

Low & Clear Trailer

I enthusiastically joined the ranks of crowdfunding this afternoon: I backed Finback Films for their release of Low & Clear on Kickstarter (details here).

It's slightly anti-climatic for me to join on the last possible day, as the guys at Finback reached their goal within 6 days of starting their crowdfunding campaign. But I'm happy to add to the kitty: these guys maxed out credit cards and sold their vehicles to get Low & Clear to this point.

Kudos to them for their dedication. I'm pretty excited about seeing the full version of this.

Enjoy the trailer.

LOW & CLEAR Official Trailer from Finback Films on Vimeo.

Long weekend redfish fix

'cuz everyone needs a redfish fix, long weekend or not...

Mosquito Lagoon Tailing Redfish from Capt. Nick Sassic on Vimeo.

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Awesome video

Remember last year, when I posted "Lazy fish porn post: Striper madness" while I was in Senegal (but had to wait the better part of a month to watch it in its entirety due to shitty internet)?

Well, two things about that:

1. That title has provided me with many laughs over the past year & some due to Google search terms. Think "lazy stripper porn," "strippers with fish," and so on & so forth...
2. the filmmaker of that fishing video, Peter Laurelli, just released the full version of his 2011 video, and it's right here:

Surf & Inshore Fly Fishing 2011 from Peter Laurelli on Vimeo.

Friday Redfish Fix

An oldie* but a goodie.

* - Old as in 4 years. Which isn't that old, but it appears the guys at WorldANGLING were, much like me, redfishing before it became super-cool** at last year's IFTD show in the Big Easy.

** - I call this hipster fly fishing: fishing for a species before there's a massive video collection of people fishing for it. It's probably the reason I'm the only person in New Brunswick fishing for smallmouth bass with a Hardy reel...while drinking from a Cuppow.

Drum preview by WorldANGLING from WorldANGLING on Vimeo.

POST-SCRIPT
Another little note for y'all here: This is my 200th post since I started this (semi-illiterate) literary journey.

Thanks to everyone who has stopped by, and especially those of you who read along regularly. I would never have imagined over 100 people subscribing or following along to this dribble I spew out, but now that it's happened, it's pretty damn cool.

I know this month has been pretty lame for regular updates, but that'll be fixed soon, that I promise: twenty-twelve will see more fishing than ever before...which is goddamned insane, once you think about it.

It wasn't planned for a redfish video to be the 200th post, but it's pretty effin' appropriate. Once I knew this was my 200th post, I figure this music video was most appropriate. I would've been in Canadian artist fan-boy heaven at that show.

More redfish love

Lots of redfish action & a decent tune, too

Southern Reds from Andy Villacres on Vimeo.

Another Redfish Fix

(aka another lazy-ass video post)

Here's two vids, both topwater redfish, one on the fly rod, the other on spin gear.

I wonder, since I can obviously spend an entire winter watching redfish videos, if I could ever spend an entire winter chasing reds I.R.L...

...I'd like to think I could...

- From probably the only Canadian (in Mexico or not) wearing a hoodie with a redfish on the back (thx again, Cameron!)

Enjoy the videos!

BULLS ON TOP from SHALLOW WATER EXPEDITIONS on Vimeo.

Tuesday Redfish Fix

I was bumming around on the Drake's website & stumbled onto this little gem.

It was submitted in 2006 (pre-fly fishing film tour, I think...?) by Mikey Weir (Burl Productions); he of Soulfish & other great videos.

Redfish are awesome.

Enjoy.

Into the Red Zone from 7 Weight on Vimeo.

Plan. B - Faceless Fly Fishing

Last week I wrote my review of the screening of the IF4 in Dieppe, NB

If you recall, I was a little "meh" about the whole thing.

In one part of my review, I wrote about my disappointment of Faceless Fly Fishing's Plan B being skipped over, and wrote:

Note #4: If anyone from Faceless Fly Fishing happens to read this: I'd like to see the video you fine folks have worked so hard at shooting & editing. Let me know if/when you ever post the full version on your Vimeo page.

Well, someone from Faceless Fly Fishing did read my that & were very cool enough to send me a message saying they were disappointed we didn't get to see Plan B, and yes, they were going to put it on their vimeo page. They even told me the date, but swore me to secrecy.

Well, today is that date, and I'm very please to share with you their very awesome submission to the IF4 (ps - love the audio track in this):

PLAN B FACELESS FLY FISHING from FACELESS FLY FISHING MEDIA on Vimeo.

Congrats to the great folks over at Faceless Fly Fishing for putting out a great short.

And thanks for taking it upon yourself to send me a note about the IF4 experience!

PS - their Canadian-ess did not factor into my decision of calling the video awesome. That's just a bonus.