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RISE - the news is out! ** and sold out **

The news on the RISE - Fly Fishing Film Festival is out.

Most fly fishing clubs in the 50 km area from Rotterdam got the announcement as well.

In the three fly shops in the Rotterdam area (Martin Hengelsport, Kok Hengelsport and Rothfusz Hengelsport) an announcement poster of the event is hanging on their wall.

Now the largest Dutch fishing magazine Beet got the news on their website's front page.




Update (October 11, 2010):
The announcement is now also on Total Fishing, a major fishing site here in The Netherlands! We also sent the announcement to all the fly fishing clubs in the country.

Keep posted for more news on RISE - Fly Fishing Film Festival in Rotterdam.



Update (November 10, 2010):
All tickets are sold out!

A real look at the new Hardy St. George

I had the chance to take a look at the new St. George reels by Hardy today. What a nice reel! The Spitfire version isn't polished steel-like as I imagined from the pictures but more of a champagne color. Both the black and the Spitfire version had a slight powdered finished on it rather than simply smooth anodized or painted.

The finish is just... perfect? I love the ivorine handle by the way. At around $750 a piece these reels are really for the connoisseur or collectors. However they are excellent fishing reels. On a bamboo fly rod, the 3 inch version is just the right size for a 4-5 weight rod.

I was interested whether the spare spools of the new batch would fit the re-issue reel form the 1990's. Unfortunately I didn't bring along my 1990's reel. The price of the spare spools blow me away a little. Around $250 this ain't peanuts...