Product Details

• Actors: Jack Gartside, Wanda Taylor, Lani Waller, Nick Curcione, Mel Krieger
• Directors: Jeff Pill
• Format: Color, DTS Surround Sound, Full Screen, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Pill Enterprises
• VHS Release Date: March 1, 2002
• Run Time: 105 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000065CF3
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #410,754 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Jim Butler, Editor Fly Rod & Reel Magazine

"In segments from Texas, San Diego, Florida, Newport, and Boston, Pill and company give us a truly fine flyfishing film."

Product Description

7 Great Fishermen & 5 Great Fishing Locations

Many people live near coastlines, or coastlines are an easy travel destination. Coastal gamefish are varied beautiful, powerful...and their habitat is breathtaking. Watch and learn as Guide and Author Ken Hanley "and Friends" take us on spectacular adventures all around the country! This 1 hour 45 minute video shows successful fishing strategies and a myraid of useful tips for all kinds of fishing, whether in fresh or saltwater.

Coastal Fly Fishing with Ken Hanley & Friends was shot in five separate fishing locations scattered around the United States -- a large bay in southern California, a lovely lagoon on the eastern coast of Florida, rocky points, inlets and an estuary off the coast of Rhode Island, an amazing variety of fishing spots inside Boston Harbor and miles and miles of foot-deep, sandy flats on the southern Texas Gulf Coast.

One purpose of the video is to give viewers a taste of what coastal fly fishing (sometimes called Inshore Fishing) is all about, how varied these places are and how much fun it can be to go to locations relatively near-by (and not have to spend a lot of time traveling to remote lodges or exotic islands.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you Ken Hanley, May 26, 2002

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Nick Wingate (St Michaels, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coastal Fly Fishing with Ken Hanley & Friends [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I've been fly fishing for trout and smallmouth here in Maryland for years, but my saltwater experience was strictly spinning and bait casting. Due to numerous magazine articles lately on saltwater fly fishing, my interest had been piqued, but old habits die hard. It wasn't until I saw your add in Fly Rod and Reel earlier this year that I finally decided to find out what was going on. This tape is great. I had no idea of the number of options and opportunities that were available to me in the salt water. First of all, Flip Pallot's instructions on catching bonefish seems to apply to just about any kind of fishing, and has changed the way I fish, even for trout. It is perfectly logical, easy to grasp, and it works. Why hasn't anyone done this before? That alone is worth the price of admission. Also the segment on Stripers with Jack Gartside was terrific. During a fishing show here in February, I introduced myself to Jack and thanked him for being such an inspirational teacher. I'm about to go on my fourth trip this season for Rockfish( that's Chesapeakese for striped bass), and I must say I'm hooked. Much more fun than jigging with plastic worms. Now I'm not all that interested in fishing for spotted bay bass, but Mel Kriegers explanation of sinking lines and shooting heads has taken most of the mystery out of that subject, and has made me a believer. So what can I say but thanks Ken. Lots of great information and a great deal more fun than watching "Wrestle Mania". Now if I can just get the tape back from my brother in law.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Coastal Fly Fishing with Ken Hanley & Friends, April 23, 2002

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Craig Gittings (Fremont, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coastal Fly Fishing with Ken Hanley & Friends [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Ken Hanley covers quite a bit of territory in this video from the Texas' Padre Islands to Boston Harbor and So California. The dream list of folks you would want to fish with are included in Ken's jaunt around these coastal waters. This video is both entertaining and insightful for the realm of coastal saltwater fly-fishing. Personalities show through in this video, too. I found the Jack Gartside on Boston Harbor segment particularly interesting as well if not for Jack's antics with Ken alone. Flip Pallot gives some insight to a fish's vision with respect to presentation of the fly. Mel Krieger's excitement fishing around an unlikely place shows though, too. Mel slips in a casting lesson demonstration, also. The quality of this video is first rate. I'm proud to have this tape in my video library and look forward to any subsequent releases that may follow. This is a great collaboration for Ken Hanley and he did it right with his initial release. Get the video and you'll see what I mean. Nice work, Ken.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More than just friends, May 20, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Coastal Fly Fishing with Ken Hanley & Friends [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I did not know who Ken Hanley was before I got into this video (received as a gift) but the 'friends' include Flip Pallot, Mel Kreiger, Nick Curcione and Jack Gartside... All icons of fly fishing and ALL on this ONE video!

The video not only offers a variety of fishing destinations and targeted species but more importantly (for me anyway) some solid advice on tips and techniques from casting to presentation. Plus the 'friends' background bio's were cool.

I've often been disappointed with 'flyfishing' videos but NOT this one!