Guide Jim, our somewhat mysterious, former Austin-resident, sometimes Texas-disdaining, fly fishing guide / professor and new cyber friend emailed this link in just now with a thought….
Given your obvious interest in the introduction of non-native fish into desert locales I’m surprised you haven’t run the trailers (released a few weeks ago) for Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.
Should be a good one and I’m going out on a limb and placing my bets on the guess that this flick may rekindle interest in our noble sport almost at the level that The Movie did twenty years ago this year.
The novel upon which the film is based is truly comedic in nature and a worthy read.
The parallels with the tragic comedy of introducing pellet-fattened rainbows into a near-desert environ in central Texas might be consider striking by some. I’d even bet it’s easier to fish for salmon in Yemen than it is for a non-club member to get on the water in your neighborhood.
Hope you can see this film while enjoying a cold brew at one of the Alamo Draft Houses there in town; one of the things Austin does well is throw a party.
Tags: Culture, Books, Art
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Agree the book was quite good. Not sure if this will be the next great fly fishing movie or a chick flick that I can sit through with my wife because theres a fair amount of fly fishing. And a plate of nachos and several cold brewskis make any movie better at the Alamo.