Dear Friends and Members of the Wild Steelhead Coalition,

On Thursday January 29, 2009 the WSC will be hosting a a private showing of "Raising the Ghost" for our first membership meeting of the year. We will have social hour beginning at 6:15pm and there will be pizza, wine, beer and refreshments for all who attend. This film was endorsed by the WSC and was recently released at the Wild Steelhead Festival in Bozeman, Montana. Rich Simms and myself attended the event which drew a crowd of over 300 people. The Fly Boys hope to bring this film to Seattle at some point. However, they have given us the OK to show it to our members at the meeting. The film runs around an hour and a half and by the end you don't want it to stop! Watching steelhead eat dead drifted dries never seems to get old. The producers did an excellent job of handling and making sure the fish were all released unharmed. The film also is more about the mysterious pursuit of the fish instead of the ego driven films which are more common today. The film makers are also donatin 5% of the films proceeds to wild steelhead conservation. We really hope you can all make this event as it is a great way for us to start of the new year. Attached is a file with info on the event and a link for directions is listed below.

http://depts.washington.edu/urbhort/html/info/UBNAmap.pdf Thank You,Jim Schmitz V.P. Membership The Wild Steelhead Coalitionwww.wildsteelheadcoalition.com 253-606-0495


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I got to see this movie over the Holidays and have to say it was great. The last half hour is something else. The message is spot on too so you can't beat that. Wife is about ready to pop so we will see about making it but I encourage people if they are want to see some great footage to go see this movie and hang with the WSC guys of course.

JJ

For those who can't make it, or those who need a bit of an appet-TEASE-er before attending the main course, here's a five minute snippet I found on You-Tube.

WOW!

click here

“Raising the Ghost” captures the spirit and passion of the steelhead angling experience, while weaving an important conservation message to the plight of wild steelhead. In the end it is anglers, like us, who really care about the future of wild steelhead and have the fortitude to take our passion to help save wild steelhead and pass that legacy on to future anglers."

Wild Steelhead Coalition

Its a great video. Alot better than the trout bum videos..... There is actualy a purpose for it rather than some guys just trying to make some money