{"id":210376,"date":"2025-03-24T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T21:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/?p=210376"},"modified":"2025-03-24T17:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T21:29:09","slug":"fly-fishing-legend-lefty-kreh-gets-his-due-onscreen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/fly-fishing-legend-lefty-kreh-gets-his-due-onscreen","title":{"rendered":"Fly-Fishing Legend Lefty Kreh Gets His Due Onscreen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One evening in 1947, a young <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/feature\/southern-master-the-legend-of-lefty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bernard \u201cLefty\u201d Kreh<\/a> took notice of a ticket clerk at Frederick, Maryland\u2019s Tivoli Theatre. A Frederick native, Kreh had recently returned from the war in Europe, where he fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Then, while on duty at nearby Fort Detrick, noted for its research into biological weapons, he was accidentally poisoned with anthrax. Kreh was lucky to be alive; he knew that. Perhaps that was on his mind as he left the theater and asked the ticket taker for her name and if she would allow him to walk her home later that night. Six months later, Kreh and Evelyn Mask married just as he was embarking on what would become an astonishing career as a celebrity angler, trick sharpshooter, television host, writer, and incomparable ambassador for fishing. Kreh likely taught more people to fly fish than anyone else in history.<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- Promo shortcode start --><div id=\"nlf-1c\" class=\"gg-promo topic-tots\"><div class=\"grid\"><div class=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/promos\/tots-tall.jpg\" class=\"tall\" alt=\"stairway\"><\/div><div class=\"right\"><form id=\"nlf-1\" method=\"post\" class=\"form\" action=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/newsletters\/\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"gg_form_submit\" value=\"nlf-1\"><div class=\"hed\">Get Talk of the South<\/div><div class=\"dek\">Our newsletter with the latest stories from around the South<\/div><div class=\"action two-items\"><div class=\"input-left\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"email\" class=\"email-input\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"you@example.com\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"group_id\" value=\"97139188\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shortcode_form\" value=\"nlf-1\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"subscription_384\" value=\"on\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"prev_page_id\" value=\"210376\"><\/div><div class=\"gform_footer\"><div style=\"display:none;\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-st\" id=\"nl-nov-st1\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-b\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-r\" id=\"nl-nov-r1\" value=\"2025-11-14\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-et\" id=\"nl-nov-et1\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/div><button data-sitekey=\"6Lc-hRkaAAAAAI84hbB81Jl48pGievR_C_UgHdnY\" data-callback=\"on_submit_nlf_1\" data-action=\"submit\" class=\"g-recaptcha button button-primary after-email\">Sign Up<\/button><\/div><\/div><div class=\"captcha-terms\"><p>This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/p><\/div><\/form><script>document.getElementById('nl-nov-st1').value=Date.now();document.getElementById('nl-nov-r1').value='';function on_submit_nlf_1(token) {document.getElementById('nl-nov-et1').value = Date.now();document.getElementById('nlf-1').submit();}<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Promo shortcode end -->\n\n\n\n<p>On March 27, the forty-four-minute documentary <em>Lefty: The Greatest of All Time<\/em> will premiere in his beloved hometown, at that same theater where he met his wife, which now operates as the Weinberg Center for the Arts. Narrated by <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/episode-1-flip-pallot-legendary-fisherman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flip Pallot<\/a>, a close friend of Kreh\u2019s for more than fifty years, the film is anchored in never-before-seen interviews conducted by cinematographer Jay Nichols in the months before Kreh\u2019s passing in 2018. Directed and created by Nichols, of Headwater Media Group, and produced by <em>Fly Fisherman <\/em>magazine, the documentary also includes a host of insights from fishing royalty, from Ed Jaworowski to Johnny Morris to <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/feature\/out-on-the-river-with-angling-all-star-blane-chocklett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blane Chocklett<\/a>. Archival footage captures Kreh during his travels around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-_thhY5064I?si=HldxN6sOvh_Njdts\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo many new people are coming into this sport who were never exposed to Lefty Kreh,\u201d says <em>Fly Fisherman <\/em>editor and publisher Ross Purnell, another longtime close friend of Kreh\u2019s. \u201cMy hope is that, through watching this film, they will understand his knowledge and wisdom and be inspired to pick up his old books that are every bit as applicable today as when they were published.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Truth be told, Kreh\u2019s influence on fly fishing was so impactful for so long that it\u2019s likely even the youngest fly anglers could trace their involvement in the sport back to him. A parent or grandparent who taught them to cast may well have learned from Kreh\u2019s writings and videos. The legend\u2019s adventures were broadcast on numerous television shows, inspiring several generations of fishing guides. \u201cThere aren\u2019t six degrees of separation between Lefty and today\u2019s anglers,\u201d Purnell figures. \u201cIt\u2019s more like three degrees, if that. But the film focuses on his character and personality and doesn\u2019t stray into tips and tackle advice. All the how-to stuff he wrote about for forty years is still out there, but the film is about his historical importance and his character.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"733\" height=\"1100\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-2-733x1100.png\" alt=\"A man holding paddles in a boat\" class=\"wp-image-210389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-2-733x1100.png 733w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-2-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-2-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-2-800x1200.png 800w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-2.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><div class=\"wp-caption\"><div class=\"image-credit\">Photo: George Daniel<\/div><div class=\"caption\">Director Jay Nichols.<\/div><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An outdoors columnist<strong> <\/strong>for <em>The Baltimore Sun<\/em> for nearly two decades, Kreh returned to his hometown of Frederick in the last years of his life. In October 2023, a life-size bronze sculpture of him was dedicated at Frederick\u2019s Culler Lake. \u201cAll his achievements and accolades, and his voice that sounded a little gruff, made him bigger than life,\u201d says Heather Templeton, who often traveled with Kreh as a fly fishing and casting expert and helped lead the effort to commission and place the sculpture. \u201cHe knew that, so he went out of his way to be very disarming and make you feel at ease. He just melted people because he was so Everyman.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"div-gpt-ad-4016651\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad mobile inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-4823401\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad tablet inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-9800191\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad desktop inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>For Purnell, that approachability presented a challenge for filmmaking; Kreh cared more about lifting up others than garnering the spotlight. \u201cLefty was so reluctant to talk about himself,\u201d he says. \u201cIn that respect, he was a very private man. He was always telling me about other people and extolling the virtues of others. You had to prod him to tell his own story, so this film turns the tables a bit with all of his friends telling their own stories of Lefty Kreh.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-1-1100x733.png\" alt=\"Two men on a boat\" class=\"wp-image-210388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-1-1100x733.png 1100w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-1-1600x1067.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><div class=\"wp-caption\"><div class=\"image-credit\">Photo: Courtesy of Fly Fisherman magazine<\/div><div class=\"caption\">Kreh (right) with his close friend Flip Pallot, narrator of the new documentary.<\/div><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets for the premiere in Frederick are available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/weinbergcenter.org\/lefty-the-greatest-of-all-time-documentary-film-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Weinberg Center for the Arts<\/a>. The documentary is then slated for a television premiere on Outdoor Channel on April 19, and World Fishing Network on April 24. Another screening is scheduled for April 25 as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saltwaterguidesassociation.com\/events\/tiefest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lefty Kreh\u2019s Tie Fest<\/a> in Vero Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No one brought fly fishing to the world like Kreh. 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