By Tim Romano

Photo by Tim Romano

While I know plenty of you have most likely heard the news, I felt I had to make sure that the Fly Talk nation was aware of what has transpired. The Fly Fishing Film Tour's original members, better known as AEG resigned on New Years eve effectively shutting down the tour for this year. Nobody really knows for sure what happened, but a lot of people were bummed that the film tour (a Warren Miller-esque tour for fly fishing movies) wasn't going to make the rounds.  

Enter Tom Bie and The Drake Magazine. Last week Tom announced that he and two partners bought the Flyfishing Film Tour from the previous owners with a slightly delayed front-end schedule.

Tom says, "The tour will be called The Drake Flyfishing Film Tour, as my partners and I did not acquire the name AEG. Other than that, the most substantial change to the tour is that the filmmakers will take a share of the profits, based on a model that the Banff Film Tour has been using for years. My two partners are Doug Powell and Chris Keig, who are both avid flyfishermen, and who both have substantial experience with film tours through their work with Warren Miller Entertainment. (Keig was the former Head of Production at Warren Miller, and has been working with AEG the past two years as an editor-the connection that ultimately led to the sale.)"

Time will tell whether it gets off the ground this year with enough time to spare as it was supposed to start next week. Hopefully with The Drake and the Warren Miller boys backing it - things will only get better.

TR

Comments (10)

from Ramcatt wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

solid BP&P will get you in for free...
most of the new people on here will be charged $10

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from dwaynez wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

Hopefully this will all work out

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

this stinks, all the good fly shows near me aren't happening this year.

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

this stinks, all the good fly shows near me aren't happening this year.

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

Wow, all the good shows are going away this year.

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

Sorry about the multiple posts, my computer has a virus and is REALLLLY slow so i have to hit submit like 60 times.

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from Sportsman Matt wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

From what I've read, this isn't a bad thing. The bad part is that AEG now has this image of people leaving, and the stuff on their site has become more YouTube quality video than DVD or Movie Premier stuff. Hopefully this will improve, but I don't forsee the Fly Fishing Tour coming here in my neck of the woods anytime soon, mainly due to the cost associated with doing one showing if you could get a theater to even think of showing it.

Make it available on DVD for $5.00 a copy and then you'll see people buying it. $10.00 to $25.00 a seat for one showing will turn the crowds away.

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from Evan V wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

So THAT'S why we haven't been getting a lot of video blog posts here???

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from Chad Miller wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

Alex,
Pay attention I am only going to tell you this one more time!!! There is a show is Chicago near you called "Great Waters" expo. It is put on by Tom Helgeson of Midwest Fly Fishing Magazine. Here is the link. http://www.greatwatersflyfishingexpo.com/ It is February 20-22nd and is an excellent show. He puts on two of the best shows going. One in Minneapolis and the other in Chicago.

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from Chad Miller wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

If anyone in the midwest is looking for the show we are hosting a tour stop here in Zionsville Indiana. The original date was March the 6th but may need to be changed. I will keep you all updated if you are interested in seeing it. As of yesterday we may be changing it to April, kind of sudden. Here is alink to tickets for our show but know the date may change to April 10th. We will announce any changes on Monday.
http://www.wildcatcreekoutfitters.com/flyshop/fly-fishing-film-tour-2009...

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from Ramcatt wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

solid BP&P will get you in for free...
most of the new people on here will be charged $10

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from dwaynez wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

Hopefully this will all work out

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

this stinks, all the good fly shows near me aren't happening this year.

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

this stinks, all the good fly shows near me aren't happening this year.

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

Wow, all the good shows are going away this year.

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

Sorry about the multiple posts, my computer has a virus and is REALLLLY slow so i have to hit submit like 60 times.

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from Sportsman Matt wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

From what I've read, this isn't a bad thing. The bad part is that AEG now has this image of people leaving, and the stuff on their site has become more YouTube quality video than DVD or Movie Premier stuff. Hopefully this will improve, but I don't forsee the Fly Fishing Tour coming here in my neck of the woods anytime soon, mainly due to the cost associated with doing one showing if you could get a theater to even think of showing it.

Make it available on DVD for $5.00 a copy and then you'll see people buying it. $10.00 to $25.00 a seat for one showing will turn the crowds away.

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from Evan V wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

So THAT'S why we haven't been getting a lot of video blog posts here???

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from Chad Miller wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

Alex,
Pay attention I am only going to tell you this one more time!!! There is a show is Chicago near you called "Great Waters" expo. It is put on by Tom Helgeson of Midwest Fly Fishing Magazine. Here is the link. http://www.greatwatersflyfishingexpo.com/ It is February 20-22nd and is an excellent show. He puts on two of the best shows going. One in Minneapolis and the other in Chicago.

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from Chad Miller wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

If anyone in the midwest is looking for the show we are hosting a tour stop here in Zionsville Indiana. The original date was March the 6th but may need to be changed. I will keep you all updated if you are interested in seeing it. As of yesterday we may be changing it to April, kind of sudden. Here is alink to tickets for our show but know the date may change to April 10th. We will announce any changes on Monday.
http://www.wildcatcreekoutfitters.com/flyshop/fly-fishing-film-tour-2009...

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