International Fly Fishing Film Festival, aka IF4

Last night I went to the IF4.  First off a big thanks to our local club the Ottawa Fly Fishers and our local fly shop Green Drake Outfitters for sponsoring the event in Ottawa.

I had never been to a fly fishing film screening before. It was a packed house. My father in law came into town for the event and I met a few friends there.

The mood was very festive. Most of the guys are part of the local fly fishing club. Some of these guys meet every week in the winter, some wait for crappie season to seek out other members of the group.

And a one two punch and he’s down… No! Old Man winter is getting back up….

We had a quick tease of something better, then it was just stripped away.

It was nice around here. Two weeks ago. It was 8 degrees Celcius and there were a few patches of water in the rivers starting to open up. I grabbed a rod and went searching the 50 foot tracts of open water, hoping for a take. Nothing.

Not that it wasn’t rewarding, I had to make a few Spiderman-like moves while heading to the river. And the shore was still covered in ice and snow a foot thick. It was exciting. The water, the suspense, and the uncertainty of it all.

2013 International Fly Fishing Film Festival – Canadian Dates

The International Fly Fishing Film Festival (IF4) is a collection of short and feature length films about fly fishing.  These are films that can only be described as extraordinary and they get better every year.

This year there are a host of Canadian dates including; Vancouver, Abbotsford, Cranbrook, Fernie, Edmonton, Red Deer, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, and Dieppe.  See the rest of the dates and details here.

This will be one of those rare times when you can attend an event and truly be surrounded by people who are into fly fishing.  If you are looking for tickets contact the Ottawa Fly Fishers Society or the great guys at Green Drake Outfitters.

Are you going? Have you been to one of these shows? What about F3T?