Alaska Fishing

Ice will cover most Alaska lakes when the Fly Fishing Film Tour stops at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art on Friday , but fishing fever should be in bloom.

The 90-minute festival of 10 films comes from such locales as Papua New Guinea, Russia, Belize and the Florida Keys.

And, of course, Alaska.

"Eastern Rising" by Ben Knight and Travis Rummel, the Felt Soul Media duo behind the award-winning Bristol Bay documentary "Red Gold," offers some fly-fishing scenes from Bristol Bay.

"The focus of this tour is to showcase the talent of these filmmakers, raise some money for various conservation groups and provide fly-fishers an evening of entertainment at a time when many rivers in the country are closed," said Tom Bie, editor of the fly-fishing magazine The Drake, in a press release.

"It may also be the only legitimate chance all winter for thousands of lonely fly-tyers to actually get a date."

Among the door prizes is entry in a grand prize drawing for a trip to Belize.

Film Lineup

• "Drift" -- Sweeps across the flats of Belize and the Bahamas to sprey casting on Oregon's Deschutes River and exotic rivers in Kashmir, India. 10-minute and 18-minute segments.

• "Nervous Water" -- Four groups of anglers, each obsessed with the fish they love, chase brown trout, rainbows, redfish and marlin. 18 minutes.

• "Eastern Rising" -- Felt Soul Media founders Ben Knight and Travis Rummel, who did the Bristol Bay documentary "Red Gold," offer a fly-fishing excursion from Bristol Bay to the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia. 9 minutes.

• "Red Gold (Dave's Camp)" -- A fishing segment from the "Red Gold" documentary. 9 minutes.

• "Bass: The Movie" -- Pits a fly-rod angler versus a conventional angler in a bass hotspot. Who will win? 5 minutes.

• "Rivers of a Lost Coast" -- Led by fly-fishing gypsy Bill Schaadt, a cult of California coastal fly-fishermen revolutionized their sport and redefined their lives. 5 minutes.

• Great White North -- An MTV-style video that uses creative camera angles to highlight steelhead and trout fishing in the Northwest and British Columbia. 10 minutes.

• "Soul Fish" -- A teaser from a recently released film by California filmmaker Mikey Weir features footage from Mongolia, Brazil, Florida Keys, Christmas Island, Louisiana and Belize. 5 minutes.

• Drum -- Filmmakers take you inside the mind of the Holeman Brothers and their relentless quest for big redfish in the character-filled community of Hopedale, La. 9 minutes.

• Raising the Ghost -- Finding steelhead in a remote stretch of British Columbia is hard enough. But finding ones that will chase a dead-drifted dry fly? Nearly impossible. 5 minutes.

Fly Fishing Film Tour • When: 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday, doors open a half-hour before. • Where: Anchorage Museum of History and Art • Cost: $15 adults, $12 seniors, $10 children • Length: 90 minutes • Swag: Door prizes include a Sage fly rod and Patagonia gear. • Web: www.flyfishingfilmtour.com • Tickets: Available at World Wide Angler, 2375 E. 63rd Ave., and at the door.

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