best fishing movie ever

[seanie35]

jaws, old man and the sea, a river runs through it (crap), perfect storm. whats the movie that makes you want to grab the rod and hit the beach , im expecting some funny answers

[MC]

any movie the wife picks

[MAC]

A River Runs through it for me......really like that one. Never liked JAWS and it's an aweful pity that movie was ever made. Sharks have not had a good time since.

[saltydog]

whats the movie that makes you want to grab the rod and hit the beach

Sex and the City the movie or Mama Mia ...... usually have me out the door faster than Linford Chrisite on steroids

[mickmick]

Godfather II, say a Hail Mary before every cast and keep a close eye on your fishing partner.

[anthony2carr]

River runs through it started me on fly fishing. Terrible confession.

One of the bond movies where they are fishing for marlin.

The old man and the sea was fairly savage "I love you fish, but before this day is out i'm going to kill you"

Worst movie in the world "A Perfect storm". Where George clooney does a big rant about going outside the harbour etc. Then the cheesey line "You're a god damn sailfish fisherman"

[petekd]

A river runs through it for me too.... I cannot watch this film but it takes me back to chasing small brownies and salmon on the Crana river in Donegal with my 30 year old split cane 9 foot fly rod and collection of about 3 flies, a Teal Blue and Silver, an Alexandra and a shrimp pattern for salmon. Hard to explain the delights of wading into a small overgrown river with no waders on (times were tough back then!) up to your nads, soaking wet, poking out trout and salmon from tiny lies. Used to steam the trout to keep you going then over a small fire, swathed in damp grass and covered in earth and stuffed with sorrel leaves. Lived on that river for the best part of 10 years until women, drinking, work and a move to Dublin put paid to all that. Those really were the days.....

[The Austrian]

Reel People: Fishermen of Plum Island

Not a Hollywood style movie, filmed as documentary, you can find it here: www.reelpeoplefish.com

It s made by a veteran reel-timer. Its about fishing on Plum island and why people fish. It does not matter where you fish you will identify with this movie explaining why people fish. There is some vintage fish footage of the old days where some older women catches the fish of a life time on a live mackerel and it appears to be a non event for her. Great footage and some great characters too.

[James Barry]

A river runs through it...great film!!

[corbyeire]

A river runs through it...great film!!

think its a fairly rubbish film bar the fly fishing scenes - which were class just makes you want to get out there and cast!!!

[anthony2carr]

A river runs through it...great film!!

think its a fairly rubbish film bar the fly fishing scenes - which were class just makes you want to get out there and cast!!!

I heard that sales of fly rods wen't up ten fold when that movie was released.

Still would love to know how to do the "shadow casting"

[doggie3131]

the old man and the sea.watched it when i was a kid and remember asking my dad was that fish real!when he said yes,i asked why we were fishing rivers when we could get monsters like that in the sea!!

[TubeNFish]

A Passion For Angling by Chris Yates and Hugh Miles.
Nothing else caught the atmosphere of angling so well.

And I hope the new one from Hugh Miles and Martin Bowler will be as good:
http://www.catchingtheimpossible.info/c ... films.html

A River Runs Through it was brilliant.

[JULIO RAGWORM]

my favourite fishing movie has to be free willy, but what most people wont realise is that i played a small but significant part in the movie. Go to the end scene where willy is about to jump to freedom, if you look very closely just at the end of the breakwater, i am baiting up a size 19/0 hook in anticipation of landing that floppy finned monster, willys going nowhere

[lumpy]

i agree with norm. the athmosphere in "A Passion For Angling" was amazing. i havnt seen a fishing programme which comes close to it. i also really liked the presenters.for them it was the simple pleasure of fishing which they empahsized, not the mine field of the most modern tackle, biggest fish most matches won etc..

[Dave]

Absolutely, "A Passion For Angling" is superb and much like Chris Yates writing, it really captures the true essence of what fishing is all about, not the latest must have gadgets. I think that and the way in which it was shot give it a kind of timeless feel, its hard to believe that its fifteen years since it was first aired.

[seanie35]

if it was a poll it would be a scrap between river runs through it or chris yates, for me old man and the sea......classic, hope they show it over christmas

[anthony2carr]

I'm going to start a new thread on "Best fishing documentary/youTube clip"

[Rockhopper]

A river runs through it for me too.... I cannot watch this film but it takes me back to chasing small brownies and salmon on the Crana river in Donegal with my 30 year old split cane 9 foot fly rod and collection of about 3 flies, a Teal Blue and Silver, an Alexandra and a shrimp pattern for salmon. Hard to explain the delights of wading into a small overgrown river with no waders on (times were tough back then!) up to your nads, soaking wet, poking out trout and salmon from tiny lies. Used to steam the trout to keep you going then over a small fire, swathed in damp grass and covered in earth and stuffed with sorrel leaves. Lived on that river for the best part of 10 years until women, drinking, work and a move to Dublin put paid to all that. Those really were the days.....

I've just had to dry my eyes twice......your a big softy Peter

Fow me Jaws....personally I think it done more for sharks, buy the time 1980 came it was fashionable to make shark documentaries and that brought about a better understanding IMHO

Tom. sniff, sniff

[petekd]

I've just had to dry my eyes twice......your a big softy Peter

Git..... Wheres your soul Tom.....?