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"A River Runs Through It"- Fake fish, poor casting: Stories behind the greatest fly fishing story ever told

June 5, 2017/

All those amazing fly fishing scenes in "A River Runs Through It?"

The truth is, the actors who landed trout in the film didn’t really "catch" the fish, and they couldn’t cast very well.

The film was almost made by a couple of Montana-based writers, who would have filmed it on the Blackfoot River, before Robert Redford decided he wanted to make it.

Karl Puckett , [email protected]

Full Story: http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2017/06/04/great-montana-film-featured-poor-casting/363658001/

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