The Drake Magazine 2023 Flyfishing Video Awards
The Drake Magazine Flyfishing Video Awards will be a special night on Sept. 26, 2023, in Salt Lake City.
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15th Annual Drake Flyfishing Video Awards 2022
After a three-year hiatus, the 15th Annual Drake Flyfishing Video Awards returns! We are hosting the awards this Wednesday, March 30th, at 7:00 PM at The Depot in Salt Lake City. That is the first night of the flyfishing industry trade show in Salt Lake, but whether you are attending that show or not, the…
14th Annual Drake Flyfishing Video Awards 2019
The 14th Annual Drake Flyfishing Video Awards returned to Denver on Oct 16, 2019, after a nine-year hiatus. A packed house at the Curtis Hotel watched and drank as this year’s nominees and winners were announced, culminating with 2019 Movie of the Year going to Live the Stream: The Story of Joe Humphreys, by Lucas…
Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Movie of the Year – 2019
Movie of the Year Nominees Big Land Tight Loops/Aimee and Chase Bartee Artifishal Josh “Bones” Murphy/Patagonia Glorious Bastards Capt. Jack Productions One Path Ross Purnell/Tim Cremin Alignment Eric Jackson & Vantage Cinema Live the Stream: The Story of Joe Humphreys Nomadic Studio/Lucas and Meigan Bell Winner, Movie of the Year: Live the Stream: The Story of Joe Humphreys Nomadic Studio/Lucas and Meigan…
Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Best Freshwater – 2019
Best Freshwater Nominees: One Path Ross Purnell/Tim Cremin Desert Bass Capture Adventure Media/Gilbert Rowley & Phil Tuttle 104 Years Intents Media/Derek Olthuis & Cortney Boice NexGen RA Beattie, Bryan Gregson & Off the Grid Studios Desert Dries Todd Moen Movements Wilder Studio Winner, Best Freshwater: One Path Ross Purnell/Tim Cremin
Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Best Cinematography – 2019
Best Cinematography Nominees: Live the Stream: The Story of Joe Humphreys Nomadic Studio/Lucas and Meigan Bell Bounce Rockhouse Buffet Series: 3 Olympic Peninsula Capture Adventure Media/Gilbert Rowley & Phil Tuttle Alignment Eric Jackson & Vantage Cinema Big Land Tight Loops/Aimee and Chase Bartee Winner, Best Cinematography: Alignment Eric Jackson & Vantage Cinema
Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Best Web – 2019
Best of the Web Nominees: Buffet Series: 5—Baja Capture Adventure Media/Gilbert Rowley & Phil Tuttle Desert Dries Todd Moen Anthony Black Fly Eyes The Mend Broc Isabelle/Futuristic Films After the Man Trident Fly Fishing Winner Best of the Web: Desert Dries Todd Moen
Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Best Conservation – 2019
Best Conservation Nominees Artifishal Josh “Bones” Murphy/Patagonia One Path Ross Purnell/Tim Cremin Kio Kio Costa Films The Return KGB Productions One Fish Damien Nurre Tomorrow’s Fish Ocean Media Institute/AFFTA Winner, Best Conservation: Artifishal
Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Best Adventure – 2019
Best Adventure Nominees: One Path Ross Purnell/Tim Cremin 104 Years Intents Media/Derek Olthuis & Cortney Boice Big Land Tight Loops/Aimee and Chase Bartee Casa DeGrandes Burl Productions/Mikey Weir Class V Fly Fishing Mountain Mind Media Winner, Best Adventure: Big Land
Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Best Story – 2019
Best Story Nominees: Live the Stream: The Story of Joe Humphreys Nomadic Studio/Lucas and Meigan Bell NexGen RA Beattie, Bryan Gregson & Off the Grid Studios Midnight Mission Gilbert Rowley & Phil Tuttle Chasing the Taper Tin Boat Productions/Jan Jensen & Mark Allen Davis The Mend Broc Isabelle/Futuristic Films Winners, Best Story (tie): Live the Stream: The Story of Joe…
Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Best Saltwater – 2019
Best Saltwater Nominees Glorious Bastards Capt. Jack Productions Buffet Series: 2—Xcalak Capture Adventure Media/Gilbert Rowley & Phil Tuttle Bahamas Main Event Todd Moen Kio Kio Costa Films Tomorrow’s Fish Ocean Media Institute/AFFTA Winner Best Saltwater: Glorious Bastards Capt. Jack Productions
A Star is Born
Facing the Beast with Brian Grossenbacher If you’ve paid even the slightest attention to flyfishing media over the past two decades, then you’ve seen plenty of shots taken by Bozeman, Montana-based photographer Brian Grossenbacher. Whether shooting commercially for clients like Simms, Orvis, and Yeti, or editorially for this magazine and many others, Grossenbacher has made…
Catching Bonefish and Kicking Plastic
Plastic is not only filling our landfills but is finding its way into our waterways and onto the flats. Kick Plastic was launched by Costa to help reduce the amount of plastic it uses as a company and to mobilize a movement. Abaco Lodge owner Oliver White is on board, eliminating single-use water bottles at…
Video Daze: Ghost of Steelhead Future
Someone wise once said, “If we can’t remember our past, we’re doomed to repeat it.” In Sage’s latest Swing Season edit, Ghost of Steelhead Future, Ashland Fly Shop’s Jon Hazlett also says something genius: “Abandon the river… abandon the fish… not this river!” Catch up with Jon as he time-machines back into an Atlantic salmon…
Slow Motion Masterpiece
The film opens with a ten-second zoom toward campfire flames that dance and swirl in the darkness. The viewer’s eyes are drawn to the underbelly of the largest log, crosshatched and ashen from the heat. Jump-cut to a small stream, lit by autumn light, shorelines framed by a blaze of fallen leaves. An angler appears,…
Video Daze: BeAlive—Jeff Currier
Jeff Currier—one of the most accomplished, humble anglers alive—on being Jeff. Via BeAlive: “Flyfisher and self-taught artist Jeff Currier has caught and painted more unique species of fish than he ever thought possible. He is now chasing his goal of 500 across the globe, while also sharing his love of fishing through teaching, writing, and…
2018 Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Video Awards
Movie of the Year
category nominees: Landsick by Matt Devlin/PMD Productions Atlanticus by Flycastaway Beyond the Horizon by Cold Collaborative
2018 Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Video Awards
Best Saltwater
category nominees: Landsick by Matt Devlin/Peter Vandergrift Beyond the Horizon by Cold Collaborative Dubai On The Fly by RA Beattie Atlanticus by FlyCastaway Mako by Angler’s Eye Media
2018 Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Video Awards
Best of the Web
category nominees: Study to Be Quiet by TightLoops A Tale of Three Trout by The Fly Reel Arapaima by Todd Moen/Catch Magazine Life of Fly by Flyline Productions Chalk by Chalksteam Fly/Fishing TV
2018 Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Video Awards
Best Conservation
category nominees: A River’s Last Chance by North Fork Studios Lost at Sea by Castletown Productions Atlanticus by FlyCastaway Our Wild by Benjamin Kraushaar Back Bay by Flymen Fishing Co
2018 Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Video Awards
Best Adventure
category nominees: 100 Miles by Fly Out Media Atlanticus by Flycastaway Beyond the Horizon by Cold Collaborative DIYAK by Michael Wier/Burl Productions Lybalakh by Keith Rose-Innes Seriously North by In Tents Media
2018 Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Video Awards
Best Story
category nominees: Beyond the Horizon by Cold Collaborative My Mom Vala by Tributaries Digital Media Landsick by Matt Devlin/Peter Vandergrift Lybalakh by Keith Rose-Innes Andranangoo by Gin-Clear Media
2018 Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Video Awards
Best Cinematography
category nominees: My Mom Vala by Tributaries Digital Media Beyond the Horizon by Cold Collaborative African Tiger by Capt Jack Arapaima by Todd Moen/Catch Magazine Landsick by Matt Devlin/Peter Vandergrift
2018 Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Video Awards
Best Freshwater
category nominees: 100 Milesby Fly Out Media Seriously Northby In Tents Media African Tigerby Capt Jack Productions Confluentusby Capture Adventure Media/Gilbert Rowley DIYAKby Michael Wier/Burl Productions
2018 Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Video Awards
The Dead Drift – Grateful Dead
David Lemieux wears many hats, and every one of them bears a “Steal Your Face” logo. He’s the official Grateful Dead archivist. He’s also the Dead’s legacy manager with Rhino Records, the host of “Today in Grateful Dead History” on Sirius XM radio’s Grateful Dead channel, and a writer for the Dead’s official website, Dead.net.…