![]() ![]() So I brought my wetsuit, underwater camera, flippers, snorkel mask, and I swam a stretch of the creek. We’re gonna have some time, we’re gonna get this.įlylords: Do you have a favorite moment from your film that comes to mind?Ĭhris: The creek is freakin’ cold because of snow melt. Once we started catching fish and he got into that, it was like, okay, the fish are back. That’s when we started catching fish, everybody was cheering. Then we came around two more corners and it was like the heavens shown on us and there were maybe 15 fish stacked up in this little run. Everybody got excited and breathed a huge sigh of relief however, we weren’t really able to catch any. Dave’s like, “Man, I’ve been hearing the fish are coming back, but are they really coming back? Maybe it’s really low numbers, maybe we missed the spawn, maybe we’re just doing this trip and nothing’s gonna happen.” Later that day we went further downstream and we came around a corner, saw a couple fish. ![]() It would rain and then an hour later we would see prints in the mud by our camp, and like, “Oh, this bear came in the last hour…’ So that was definitely a concern.įlylords: Was the fishing as good as you expected?Ĭhris: There was a little tension the first day because we started pretty high up on the creek and we weren’t seeing any fish at all in the river. There were grizzly bear signs every single day even though we didn’t see them there’d be fresh scat or there’d be prints. The mosquitoes were pretty bad at times and trying to hold a camera still with like 700 mosquitoes buzzing around your head sucked. Being in your waders all day carrying around these big camera packs was a challenge. Then there was the river, but other than that it was just swamp and creeks everywhere. It’s not even that far, but it felt really remote, like really wild, you know?įlylords: What were some of the challenges the crew faced?Ĭhris: The biggest thing to contend with was the weather, it’d be raining, thunderstorms would come in and change to extreme heat. I mean such a wild place out there … It’s the furthest from the road you can get in the U.S, which is kinda crazy. We were riding horses with the camera pack, which is kind of annoying and you’ll notice most people don’t ride horses wearing a backpack and there’s a reason for that. I mean the terrain there is beautiful… It was a haul in there, but luckily, we had horses to carry a lot of our gear. Teaming up with Trout Unlimited and Dave made it so apparent of what we needįlylords: What was it like filming in Yellowstone?Ĭhris: Filming in Yellowstone … It was pretty incredible. It’s kind of fortuitous, but I’m glad we didn’t do it three or four years ago, because we wouldn’t have had Dave, this great story, and Dave’s wealth of knowledge of the issue. You guys are welcome to come, but we’re going whether you’re coming or not.” We just hustled and got the permits, some money, and put the trip together. We didn’t really have the permits or any money, but Dave was like, “Hey, I’m going in with my daughter in June. She was like, “Oh my God, we’ve been trying to do this trip for two years with Dave Sweet, a Trout Unlimited volunteer, into the Thorofare.” I got in touch with Dave and started talking about the film a bunch. I don’t know what her position is, but I was telling her about how I always wanted to do this trip into the Thorofare and film something. I got to talking with the local chapter and Leslie Steen. ![]() Doing before and after drone shots of creek restoration. Then about two years ago, we were doing some other work for Trout Unlimited here. We kept pitching it around, but nobody was into it… I just kind of let it go. They didn’t want to pull the trigger on it, because it was going to be more expensive than the other episodes. We were doing the Find Your Water Series with Redington and we kept trying to pitch it to them this idea. Do a little story on the how remote the Thorofare is and a little thing on the cutthroat trout just kind of never came to fruition. ![]() Then another friend of mine is a horse pack outfitter and we were talking about trying to do a trip out there. I’d kind of been hearing about the Yellowstone trout and the little bit that was going on. Talking with a friend of mine, Pete Lynn, who’s an outfitter. Definitely with a focus in the outdoor and action space, because that’s kind of where we live and that’s what we enjoy doing, and the stories we enjoy telling.įlylords: Tell us about the first time this video idea came to mind.Ĭhris: It was probably like four years ago or so. We started in snow sports when we moved to Jackson, and from there we’ve just kind of branched out to all sorts of commercial video work. Flylords: Tell us about who KGB Productions is.Ĭhris: We’re just an outdoor focused commercial production company. ![]()
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