Film Screening: Connect

Friday, February 3, 2012
Cocktail reception: 6:30 pm
Film: 8 pm

Renowned outdoor cinematographer Jim Klug is bringing his new film – Connect – to The Cleveland Museum of Natural History in February.

This new movie project is once again a multi-segment collection of individual stories shot around the world. As with Drift and Rise, Connect is the result of a partnership by director Chris Patterson of Warren Miller Entertainment and executive producer and writer Jim Klug of Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures.

Highlights in Connect include trophy Yukon Pike annihilating flies in Alaska, and the story of massive, toothy tigerfish found deep in the African bush. The film opens with a beautiful piece shot in the clear Mountain Creeks of Japan, where we see two great friends from worlds apart stalking the highly revered Yamame. There's stripers on the sand flats of Maine, a soulful look at Yellowstone with angler Craig Mathews, and tarpon, bonefish and permit on the flats of Cuba with saltwater guru Greg Vincent. All this is woven with a narration that discusses the different types of "connections" that are found throughout the sport of fly fishing.

"Connect is our most ambitious film yet and we've spent the last two years making it." Says Chris Patterson, the film's Director/Cinematographer. "Jim and I really wanted to make a movie that had a grand, exotic and global feel and I'm confident that we've accomplished that with this project. We started shooting last June in Japan, and ended this summer in Yellowstone, with stops along the way in Africa, Cuba, Maine and Alaska. It's our biggest movie yet, with great characters, strong stories, and a large amount of great footage both above and below the water."

Writer and producer Jim Klug is equally as pleased with the new film, as much for the quality of the finished product as for the broad overall scope of the film. "These days it seems that many anglers have become conditioned to watching super short video clips that feature maybe thirty seconds of fishing action. These clips are fun to watch, but are most definitely lacking when it comes to story and substance. This new film features plenty of great fishing action, but beyond that gives viewers the chance to settle in and actually enjoy a full-length movie that's all about fly fishing – be it remote, off the grid types of places or close to home in our back yards."

Watch the Connect trailer here.

Meet Jim Klug and other local fly fishing professionals from Northeast Ohio, and enjoy light refreshments and a cash bar, at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History on Friday, February 3. Cocktail reception begins at 6:30 pm, and the film begins at 7:45 pm.

Advance tickets: $10; Tickets at the door: $15; High School students: $5

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