BEND, Ore. -- The Fly Fishing Film Tour is trying to hook a larger audience in Central Oregon.

The tour, put on by the Angling Exploration Group, includes seven fly-fishing movies ranging from 10 minutes to 20 minutes in length, and a portion of "Fish Bums I: Mongolia."

Thad Robison, 39, the tour manager and one of the Fish Bums, said the Fish Bum film and the seven others are quite different from the matter-of-fact instructional videos standard in the sport.

"We're trying to be more progressive in film style. It's kind of like an Endless Summer-type feeling -- like a video journal of crazy stuff that happens," he said, referring to the influential surfing movie.

"The video is more about the whole experience. The hardships, trials and successes, and the culture. You don't need to be a fly fisherman to enjoy it."

This marks the third year of the tour, which played at McMenamins Old St. Francis School in Bend last winter. The show sold out on both of its nights a year ago, so now it is being moved to the larger Tower Theatre for shows on Feb. 11 and Feb. 13.

"It's really attracting a younger demographic," Robison said. "Fly-fishing is about the 35-to-60 age range. We've found we're attracting a lot of young anglers into fly-fishing."

The Angling Exploration Group's first two movies -- one filmed in Argentina, the other in New Zealand -- were called the "Trout Bum Diaries." But the name was changed to "Fish Bum" because future films are expected to include other species.

The Fish Bums left for Mongolia, in east-central Asia, in late August and returned to the U.S. in late October. They were on the hunt for the elusive taimen, described by Robison as the largest freshwater trout species in the world, growing up to 60 inches long.

Robison and his friends used horses, camels, and even an old Russian military transport vehicle to access the extremely remote rivers where the Taimen live in north-central and northwestern Mongolia.

"There are literally no roads out there," Robison said. "It's like stepping back in time. Most people live in tents. Everyone was so friendly. The scenery and fishing and wildlife was unreal. There's no dams, just crystal-clear rivers."

Robison said catching a taimen on a fly rod "is the most amazing feeling."

The next Fish Bum film will focus on steelhead. Two of the four Bums are from Oregon -- Chris Owens, 31, and Justin Crump, 24, both from Merlin -- and Robison hinted that the Lower Deschutes might be featured.

"We like the Deschutes," he said. "The Deschutes rocks."