Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival 01.29.16

Welcome the latest edition of the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival, in which we feature the best videos from around the world. This week, but we have a dozen great videos about everything from bonefish to trout and from barbel to salmon.

For best results, watch all videos at full-screen and in high definition. Remember, we surf so you don’t have to. But if you do stumble upon something great that you think is worthy of inclusion in a future F5, please post it in the comments below, and we’ll take a look.

And don’t forget to check out the awesome all-new, improved Orvis fly-fishing video theater: The Tug. As of today, there are more than 1,060 great videos on the site!

See you next week with a fresh set of films!

We kick things off with the latest from Todd Moen of Catch Magazine. Filmed on a little-known mountain stream, hidden deep within Montana’s backcountry, it documents a fisherwoman’s solo adventure and the freedom of that particular day on the river.

Some say that the Zhupanova River, on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, offers the best rainbow-trout fishing in the world. Check it out.

Colorado’s Gunnison gorge looks amazing in the beautiful film from Shire Life Boys, shot last fall.

Here’s a cool new teaser for an upcoming film, from World Angling Studios, about fly-fishing for bonefish in The Bahamas.

The Spanish Pyrenees are like a wonderland for anglers, a combination of spectacular scenery, lovely rivers and lakes, and very little angling pressure.

Fly-fishing for winter rainbow trout in California is the subject of this great short from Deep Creek Outfitters.

Spain’s dry-fly fishery for barbel has never looked so cool. It’s like bone fishing, but with surface patterns!

Eli Wrubleski and friends spent a lot of time on the water in 2015, and this video plays like a showcase for all that Pennsylvania has to offer fly fishers.

Gilbert Rowley made this cool video about a trip to Alaska, featuring some amazing underwater footage and plenty of wildlife. Plus a bit of Lumbersexual action!

Having recently binge-watched “Narcos” on Netflix, I was excited to see this video about fly-fishing for trout in Colombia. Fascinating stuff!

Here’s a cool trailer that also packs an important message about a huge, unaddressed problem facing the world’s oceans.

While exploring the back roads of Xcalak, Mexico, the folks from Troutsmith Films found fishable flats and a lovely bonefish.