SHORTCASTS G O O D S T U F F, C O C K TA I L S , F L I P PA L L O T, F I L M S & M O R E
CHECK OUT … Chalk, the new film from Leo and Chris, the guys at Chalkstream Fly. Featuring a whole cast of chalk stream fly fishing characters, from South African Chris Clemes of London-based Chris Clemes Fly Rods to guides like Marina Gibson, riverkeepers and more, this fresh take on British chalk stream fly fishing drops at the end of November. www.chalkstreamfly.co.uk (Q&A on the blog) VISIT … Hell’s Bay Boatworks’ Vimeo channel and check out their series Flip’s Tip (lolnudgenudgewinkwink) with the legendary Flip Pallot where Flip, kicking back on a pimping boat, socks and Crocs front and centre, while channeling his inner Big Lebowski, offers up pearls like these: “If you’re sitting in your living room watching television and a perfect stranger strolled through your living room, into the kitchen, got some pretzels and a beer, you’d probably be aware of that. Fish are the same way. They have an area of awareness like your living room… Don’t be arrogant and think that you can present a lure within the fish’s area of awareness.” vimeo.com/hellsbayboatworks
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WATCH … Dogs of War, where men are men and tigerfish are nervous. The new film by director Johan “Vossie” Vorster of Happy Handgrenade follows three Tourette Fishing guides – Lionel Song (the veteran), and Stu Harley and Johan du Preez (the rising stars) – as they go after tigerfish (Hydrocynus = water dog) during the natural phenomenon of the catfish run in the Okavango Delta. We’ve seen a sneak peek and can confirm, it’s the berries. vimeo.com/happyhandgrenade DO NOT WATCH … Episode 4 (Tonight We Improvise) of Season 1 of Ozark where FBI agent Roy Petty goes fly fishing with local redneck Russ Langmore. Ozark is a great show, but despite the fact that their line producer apparently also produced A River Runs Through It, watching these two “cast” is enough to make you want to gouge out your eyes with a rusty brush fly. Where the hell was the fly fishing consultant?
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… Death in the Gulf Stream, Ernest Hemingway’s favourite cocktail for shitty times (e.g., the political and environmental climate of 2017). As featured in Charles Baker’s 1946 compendium, The Gentleman’s Companion, An Exotic Cookery and Drinking Book, Hemingway came up with this drink that he recommended as a pickerupper suitable from 11am onwards. “Take a tall thin water tumbler and fill it with finely cracked ice. Lace this broken debris with 4 good purple splashes of Angostura, add the juice and crushed peel of 1 green lime, and fill glass almost full with Holland gin [Ed: aka Genever] … No sugar, no fancying. It’s strong, it’s bitter – but so is English ale strong and bitter, in many cases. We don’t add sugar to ale, and we don’t need sugar in a “Death in the Gulf Stream” – or at least not more than 1 tsp. Its tartness and its bitterness are its chief charm.”
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