We are thrilled to announce that “Travels With Charlie” from Todd Moen is the winning film of the 2020 IF4, based on votes cast by viewers across the world. “Travels With Charlie” follows Moen and his 11-year-old son, Charlie, as the duo embarks on Charlie’s first-ever destination fly-fishing trip – to Kimsquit Bay Lodge in British Columbia, where big rivers and big fish require Spey casts and a lot of patience
The President just reduced the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. According to our friends at Patagonia this is the largest elimination of protected land in American history. Text “DEFEND” to 52886 to defend Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.
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We also stand ready and willing to fight to keep Jumbo Valley in British Columbia wild.
When it comes to green tourism and environmental sustainability, Turneffe Flats has long been one of the Caribbean’s most innovative fishing and diving resorts. “Recently, we fired up our new off-grid solar system with 288 solar panels providing approximately 80% of our energy needs,” says founder and owner Craig Hayes.
Hayes estimates “the new system will replace 17,000 gallons of diesel fuel each year, and at $5 per gallon, this will result in substantial savings. Recent improvements in solar technology, along with lower costs, finally made our project economically feasible. When we started looking at this, the payback was around 20 years and now it’s closer to 10 years,” he notes. “In addition to being the right thing to do, replacing diesel with the sun also makes good economic sense.”
“As an artist, we get some projects that come our way that we get to express our artistic expression on a few different levels. In this case, the love for the mountains and fly fishing!
RIO’s Amateur Fly Fishing Film Awards is an opportunity for amateur fly fishing film makers to showcase the sport. Simply enter your short story, documentary or any other creative clip you have captured to participate.
LAST CALL FOR ENTRIES!!!
June is the last month that RIO will be accepting entries tho the Film Awards, so get your your camera, hit the water, shoot your video and upload it here.
INCREDIBLE PRIZES UP FOR GRABS!!!
You could win an all-expenses paid trip to Idaho Falls to fish with the RIO team, plus RIO gear, $500 cold, hard cash AND your film featured in the 2020 International Fly Fishing Film Festival.
Another great video entry for the RIO Amateur Fly Fishing Film Awards. Good work @happy_on_the_fly!
Theres still time to vote and to enter! Hop on over to rioproducts.com and check out the great prizes that are up for grabs for the overall winner. And don’t forget, whoever wins will have a special inclusion in the 2019 International Fly Fishing Film Festival which is screened at over 120 locations worldwide to thousands upon thousands of eager fly anglers!
RIO AMATEUR FLY FISHING FILM AWARDS
