The EWF iPhone App

Fly fishing apps for the iPhone aren't exactly a novelty anymore. Here's an interesting app that is jumping on the wagon. EWF links its name to the International Experience the World of Fly fishing show to be held for the 6th year in southern Germany. This years event is going to be held at the Fürstenfeld Monastery near Munich on 9-10 April 2011.

The app made by our friend Jürgen Baumann's company will be a guide to the show during the event days. It's also an app to keep up with news on fly fishing and tying. Articles on casting, interesting destinations to fish, environment and more will be updated regularly. Basically for your daily news on fly fishing for on the go.

Get the EWF app here.

By the way, there's an article on my Alien Bug on the EWF app!

Update:
Now they put my posting on the RISE Fly Fishing Film Festival as well.

RISE - To be an annual event!

The first RISE Fly Fishing Film Festival to be held in The Netherlands was a great success!

Although the harsh winter conditions kept a few viewers at home, almost 120 people showed up yesterday at the Cinerama theater in the center of Rotterdam. They all enjoyed the films on the large cinema screen.

A good mix of freshwater and saltwater fly fishing films and the amazing feature film about the diversity of fishery that can be done in Iceland.

And of course, what every fly fisherman wants to do one day: cast a dry fly to a huge 10+ lbs (!) brown trout in a gin clear river in New Zealand. The trophy fish part of the film The Source - New Zealand ended a really great evening.

We will be back next year with a new series of wonderful fly fishing films. The intention is to fill up the larger cinema with almost 300 seats. This larger capacity cinema has a larger screen and is equipped with a new advanced ultra high definition movie projector.

So don't miss out if you couldn't be here yesterday and if you enjoyed the event make sure you book the ticket on time again. If there is enough demand we also might do a show in Amsterdam!

See you next year!

(c) Pictures courtesy of Rudy van Duijnhoven

RISE update - Winter problems

I was supposed to pick up Nick at the airport this evening. At the Helsinki airport this afternoon he texted me that there was a strike going on at the Helsinki airport and his flight has been cancelled...

With just 48 hours to go this sounds like a nice scenario:
A cinema full of fly fishermen from all over the country despite the horrendous winter condition and me telling them the show has been cancelled?

The winter has taken control of most part of Europe this week. Several countries are having the harshest early winter since decades.

Several European airports (London, Geneva, Lyon) have been closed today due to large amounts of snow and ice.

Well, Nick found another flight to Latvia and will continue his trip to Amsterdam tomorrow morning. Fingers crossed.