Rangeley’s Bald Mountain Camps to host Global Fly Fishing Festival
RANGELEY — The Worldwide Fly Fishing Movie Competition, coming to Rangeley’s Bald Mountain Camps on Saturday, July 24, characteristics 10 films, six to 16 minutes in duration, from all corners of the globe showcasing the passion, life-style, and society of fly fishing.
A second Bald Mountain Camps International Fly Fishing Movie Pageant demonstrating is slated for Aug. 6.
Bald Mountain Camps Resort is found at 125 Bald Mountain Street on Mooselookmeguntic Lake. Doorways open at 6 p.m. with the screening at 7. Tickets are $35 and include hors d’oeuvres. There will be a dollars bar. Seating is minimal to 50 folks.
The occasion supports the Outside Heritage Museum in Oquossoc and in addition to the films will aspect a silent auction supplying fly-fishing deal with and gear, artwork and guided outings as well as fly-fishing merchandise giveaways and other promotions.
For info about the screening, call the host at outdoorheritagemuseum.org.
A single attendee will be selected to acquire the 2021 Grand Prize drawing consisting of fly-fishing gear delivered by International Fly Fishing Movie Pageant sponsors and valued at 1000’s of pounds.
Total film competition viewing time is 118 minutes, claimed Chris Fowl, festival producer.
Amid the movies to be screened are:
• Turbo Giants, by InTents Media: An adventure to the Seychelles off the coast of Africa in search of exceptionally big huge trevally.
• The Artwork of Fly Fishing, by Bluff Line Media and is the winner of the inaugural Stimmie Award. “Stimmies” are offered by Fly Fusion Journal to stimulate and reward producers of fly-fishing movies by formerly unknown filmmakers. The movie profiles artist Brooke Belohlavek’s enthusiasm for fly fishing and painting.
• The Wanderer, 2021 IF4 Original: Wherever do we go to escape? Journey to a sanctuary in the heart of the Rocky Mountain West.
• Tuna Fuerte, by PopFizz Productions: A team of fly-fishing close friends embark on a tripto Colombia in research of the tuna that call those waters home.
Some others consist of Increasing Ghosts, a steelhead odyssey Baltics, tangling with Baltic salmon and Raised on Rainbows, the tale of a fly-fishing family navigating early parenthood.
For more information and movie trailers, take a look at flyfilmfest.com.
Established in 2011, The Worldwide Fly Fishing Movie Competition is an inclusive and much-reaching fly-fishing movie celebration. Consisting of small and characteristic-size movies produced by professional filmmakers from all corners of the globe, the IF4 showcases the enthusiasm, way of living, and culture of fly fishing. The movies have captured the attention of anglers all-around the entire world.
