Fear No Trout is Back

[Fear No Trout]

Fear No Trout is BACK!

Greetings to everyone on FNN, it's been decades since I made a post here and I just wanted to thank Webmaster Jeff for welcoming me back.

In my absence I have a lot of catching up with everyone who is on this platform.

Some of you can remember I was a great fan of the Vine and spent hundreds of days fishing for trout with good friends like Trollmeister, Pontoon, Fat Albert, Dr. Hook, Shad Dad, Steve Ballew, Timster, Team 57 and many more.

I am now retired after 40 years as a union cameraman from the motion picture and television industry. I had a great run and manage to be still alive now at age 72. I am grateful for everything and especially my love of trout fishing. I also retired as a licensed trout fishing guide in 2008 from Crowley Lake and now fish recreationally but not nearly as much as I did in the early 90's and 2000's.

Some of you followed my lifelong goal to produce a documentary film called the Manzanar Fishing Club that was theatrically released in 2012. It was shown in theater along the West Coast, Hawaii, Midwest and East Coast screen in some selected theaters in the AMC chain. I had the privilege of meeting many of you at the Fred Hall Show while we crowd funding beginning in 2005.

I must acknowledge Bart Hall of the Fred Hall Shows and Pat McDonnell of Western Outdoor News for opening the door and introducing me to Bart Hall who so graciously and generously gave the opportunity to share in the development of my documentary film project providing me with a huge exhibit space at his shows. Pat McDonnell deserves props for creating a constant news stream of the evolution and progress of the Manzanar Fishing Club until it was theatrically released and promoted on Western Outdoor News.

As mentioned, the Manzanar Fishing Club was released in 2012 and dvds were available online through Amazon and some local retailers. With the support of the community we sold over 10,000 copies and now we are celebrating our 10th year of our theatrical release we will for the first time be streaming starting February 19, 2022. Dvds will no longer be produced and a limited amount are still available at the Manzanar National Historic Site https://www.nps.gov/manz/index.htm and at JANM (Japanese American National Museum) in Little Tokyo in downtown Los Angeles, https://www.janm.org and our website: https://www.fearnotrout.com

All sales go to our outreach programs serving the colleges, schools and community organizations. The filmmakers never intended to make a profit but every purchase albeit sales of dvd's or streaming will go directly to our outreach program. Not only dvds and streaming, the Manzanar Club is celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a commemorative hat. Please check our website for details to support this film at: https://www.fearnotrout.com