I just finished watching the 2nd edition of Trout Bum Diaries for at least the 4th time and I have to say, it gets me psyched to go fishing every time I watch it.
If you haven't see these films, you should hunt them down. It's a group of guys who call themselves the Angler Exploration Group that pretty much get paid to go on an extended vacation and do nothing but camp out and fly fish. The films aren't really educational, but the scenery is beautiful, the soundtrack is amazing, and they catch some absolutely MONSTER trout.
Volume 1 takes place in South America and follows the crew as they travel down to Patagonia and land some sea-run brown trout (Think of a steelhead, only chrome with brown spots). Volume 2 is called Kiwi Camo, and the fish are even bigger. Watching one guy spot and another guy casting a 15 foot leader with a giant rubber legged dry fly is intense.
I would highly suggest hunting these down. Their website is no longer functioning and forwards you to the Fly Fishing Film Tour website, but hopefully they will make more videos in the future. This is fish porn at it's finest. Here's the trailers for you to check out.
Trout Bum Diaries Volume 1 - Patagonia
Trout Bum Diaries Volume 2 - Kiwi Camo
And while I'm on the topic of porn, this fly fishing website from Ohio has a feature called fly box porn that's worth checking out. It's pictures of fully loaded flyboxes and some pattern recipes.
One more day until the weekend, and a chance to try some new patterns.
"Fish Bum 1: Mongolia- River Wolf" the third film is their finest work... chasing Taimen in Mongolia. Awesome.
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