RISE 2012 - All sold out & gone

Well, it's gone before you know! Both Rotterdam and Amsterdam venues sold out on the last day before the shows.

We had a great show in Rotterdam and an even better show in Amsterdam. Tuschinksi is located down town Amsterdam with the parking problems that goes with it, but people all still gathered to this historic cinema to enjoy the show.

Nick couldn't attend the show so Morten Huwyler from the sponsor Imago joined me as co-host of the show. Thank you Morten for a great two days man!

Unfortunately the mind blowing footages of Slovenia in the feature movie Hatch didn't make it to the show. Nick had some last minute problems with the logistics that comes with the editing, narration and converting the movies files to high definition DCP-format.

Surely the final DVD will include many glorious footages of the gin clear (get it?..) streams of Slovenia. Probably the hottest trout destination in Europe at the moment.

RISE Fly Fishing Festival 2012 edition will continue with the European tour until early April.
Go team RISE!

Thank you Rudy van Duijnhoven for providing the photo's.

Patagonia's new wading boots

Patagonia has a new wading boot out that has superior gripping power. These boots have aluminum bars attached on the sole and it's supposed to have amazing traction on difficult surfaces most other soles have problems.


If you want just the same traction using your current wading boots, then the Patagonia's removable cleats might be the solution. These cleats are worn around your current wading boots, but the price is pretty horrible: $199!!

I was looking through some old Fly Fishermans this afternoon. Always nice to see what was going on back in the good 'ole days! And look what I ran into in the May 1983 issue. Haha, every few decades we invent something new and in the end it's just recycling previous ideas!

Update:
Here's a review of the Patagonia Rock Grip wading boots.

Here is an idea to make one out of you old boots.

RISE - in the mean time

Promotion for the 2012 edition of Rise Fly Fishing Film Festival is in full swing right now.

Here's a picture of the promotion poster at the door of the famous fly shop 'Peeters Hengelsport' in Amsterdam.