It takes some time to set up shots for a tv show. Especially one that is educational and not simply a soundtrack and fishing footage. Each show has its own place, charm, and market segment. This week we're doing a shoot with the New FF, focusing on small streams and hunting brown trout. In amongst the moving of gear, tripod, and camera, there's been the biggest mayfly in Alberta hatching. At one camera stop, we came across a hex on a stick at the water's edge. It became and instant hit with 5 still cameras and the $100K vid camera all focusing on the hex. When you have 5 people on the bank of a trout stream more interested in the insects the trout are feeding on than the fish rising in the run just upstream, you know you have a few different folks in the crew.
We've managed to get a few nice takes and nice fish on video thus far. Unfortunately the light was too dim during the peak of the hatch the other night as waves of hexes the size of your pinky lined the stream's edge. To say every fish in the water was feeding top side would be an understatement.
Today we're headed to a tiny spring creek to attempt sight fishing. Hopefully the wind stays down, the clouds stay away, and the fish look up. If that all comes together, it should make for some wonderful footage.
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