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Welcome to Beattie Outdoor Productions - on this web site you will find a wealth of information; photos, videos and reports from around the world. In the past year we've completed the first recorded descent of a river in Bristol Bay Alaska, chased the False Albacore of North Carolina and made multiple trips to Slovenia in search of Marble Trout and Hucho. We hope you enjoy our work-in-progress web site - it would be a little cleaner if we didn't spend so much time on the water...
Beattie Outdoor Productions just returned from fishing/filming in Mexico March 28th - April 5th at Ascension Bay Bonefish Club!
The fishing conditions were a bit challenging due to abnormally strong winds and high concentrations of clouds the first few days on the flats. Bonefish became a regular staple in our flats diet while we also had a few opportunities at the randoms; barracuda, shark, jacks, snapper and a random box fish. No real tarpon action to speak of except for a hundred + pound fish that randomly swam under the boat while we were looking for permit.
The weather improved as the week progressed and on the final day, after numerous shots at schools of permit, I hooked a big permit that charged and consumed the fly just feet from the boat. The fight was a rough one; when the fish ate I struck hard then flexed the 7wt. down to the handle and waited to clear line... but the monster permit swam steadily over to a nearby ray and coasted confidently in search of another meal. It took roughly five minutes for the fish to realize that it was really hooked, then the forty minute fight began. Check the photos here
On behalf of our entire crew we would like to thank Winston and all of the judges of the 2008 film festival for awarding us first place and the opportunity to travel to Mexico, thank you for supporting the fishing film movement! We hope to return with great new footage and photos, so check back for updates!
Beattie Outdoor Productions is sponsoring the 5 Point film festival in Carbondale this spring. The 5Point Film Festival is on a mission to inspire adventure of all kinds, to connect generations through shared experience and respect, to engage passion with a conscience, and to educate through film and discussion. Learn more about the event at www.5pointfilm.org
Beattie Outdoor Productions won 1st place for best film in the Winston Fly Fishing Movie Awards. We will be traveling to Mexico and shooting footage - so check back for pics and clips!
The fly fishing film tour kicks off January 30th 2008 at Patagonia Headquarters. Beattie Outdoor Productions is proud to present the film Destinations in the festival. The film features fishing for Marble Trout in Slovenia, Rainbows in Alaska and ends with False Albacore in North Carolina!
View Teaser... Quicktime Windows Media Player
April 18th, at the Cameo Art House Theatre in Fayetteville NC, showcasing the finest independent fly fishing filmmakers in the industry. All proceeds to benefit March of Dimes. More info available here...
Film festival entry Destinations wins 1st place at Great Falls Fly Fishing Film Festival.
Purchase the DVD online now in our online store!
We are excited to announce that we will have a film in the 2008 Fredericksburn Fly Fishing Film Festival. This should be a great event, bringing much needed energy to the sport, "Not since "The Endless Summer" has film done so much to energize a sport/lifestyle. In keeping with this latest trend in fly fishing we've gathered the work of some of the best filmmakers from not only our area, but across the country. Hosted by Jamie Howard, the film festival is sure to send you home more excited about our sport than when you arrived!" -FFFS Website
Slovenia 2008! We are currently taking reservations for select dates in the spring (May) and fall (October) for guided fishing trips to Slovenia for Marble Trout and Hucho. Click here for more info...
Colorado: winter is here and while we are enjoying one of the best ski seasons in years, the fishing is outstanding. Click here for reports, tips, photos and rates...
We spent the fall working on a new conservation film, with Dave McCoy of Emerald Water Anglers, about Steelhead in Washington State. We will have more information online in the coming weeks, so check back.
Danubian salmon (Hucho hucho) is a salmonid species which lives only in the rivers of the Danube River System. One of the largest salmonid species, it can grow more than 1.5 m (4.92 feet) and it can weight more than 25kg (55 pounds). A close relative of the Mongolian Taimen, the Hucho Hucho is not well known within the fishing community. A relatively healthy Hucho Hucho population exists within Slovenia, but little is known about the exact numbers of fish inhabiting local waters. In the past decade, the Fisheries Research Institute has mastered the production of Hucho Hucho in the hatchery (with eggs taken from the wild population while spawning), increasing the numbers of fish in many river systems. Fishing for danubian salmon is very strictly regulated and there is a limited catch of fish per river. Upon landing a fish, sex, length, and weight must be reported. Read more...
We are currently funding a Marble Trout tagging program that was developed and implemented by the Fisheries Research Institute of Slovenia. In the fall of 2007 the project began when we (Fisheries Research Institute Staff, Stan, and RA Beattie) measured, tagged, and release two hundred juvenile Marble Trout into a tributary of the Soca River that was utterly devastated by a massive landslide that destroyed the native population. Click here to read more...
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