Hinchinbrook Challenge I Full Film - Official F3T Film Selection 2025

Описание: Welcome to the Hinchinbrook Challenge — one of Australia’s most demanding and addictive multi-species flyfishing comps, set in the wild, beautiful, and famously unforgiving Hinchinbrook Channel in North Queensland.

What really makes the Hinchinbrook Challenge special is the passion of the people who show up. Flyfishers travel thousands of k’s for this thing — not just to test themselves against tricky tides and hard-earned fish, but because they bloody love it. Every competitor brings that same mix of obsession, banter, and good humour. It’s a comp where you push yourself all day, then sit around laughing, taking the piss, and reliving the chaos of it all at night. That spirit is what keeps everyone coming back year after year.

Over three gruelling days, teams chase nine target species, often spread 20 miles apart, all while trying to unravel chaotic tides, tricky weather, and the brutal pressure of the clock. To win, you need strategy, stamina, a bit of madness… and a whole lot of luck.

From the lively Calcutta auction on Day 1 to the final frantic moments of Day 3, the crew push themselves to the brink in a blur of high stakes and low sleep. Species are ticked off one by one — big Barra, Queenfish, Cod, Flathead, GTs and more — with every fish hard-earned and every miss leaving a mark. Along the way there are meltdowns, failed flathead missions, blown-out plans, and even getting muscled off a spot by a crabber, all balanced by the pure satisfaction of landing a 72cm Barra and a last-minute GT. And through all the chaos, the boys hold their own against some of Australia’s best, leaning on Bob Bentley’s local know-how to stay in the race.

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Shot and Edited by Mick Hurren
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