Eric may be the most incompetent, least successful fly fisherman in the history of the sport.  His talent  for fly fishing and fly tying has never quite equaled his love for it.  Year after year he enters the big derbies, and year after year he is the butt of everyone's jokes and cruelties.

...There's nothing short about making a short film

A film about fishing has to start somewhere, so why not in the dead of winter?  Our first official day of shooting was used to gather transition and stock footage to be used later in post-production.  It didn't take us long to appreciate how much we were going to depend on the sun for the rest of this project.
 
 
 
 
 

At the end of Day 1,we pop some bubbly to celebrate the commencement of filming.  DOP Steve Hanon, directors Kelly Eshpeter and Neil Gordon and co-producer Eric Mosley are photographed by the irreplaceable (but camera shy) production manager Cindy Mosley.
 
 

From the opening scene (was also the last scene actually filmed).  Eric Mosley, cam assist Carrie and DOP of Iron Steve Hanon prepare for yet another One-Take-Charlie.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Eric realizes that he may have stumbled onto something almost supernatural. Eric's "goldfish" are actully Gold Mollies, known for there cooperative nature on film sets.  The Mollies were lent to the production by Big Al's Aquarium Services.
An unidentified director chats it up with Eric

Steve Hanon, along with a wannabe writer/director,  and script supervisor Sandy Arsenault on location at the Raven Brood Trout Station near Caroline, Alberta.  Raven served as the interior for the Fish Hatchery scene as well as exteriors for some close-up shots of the Derby sequence.
 

Eric field-tests his discovery with astonishing results.

Eric is gently escorted from the hatchery.  Our stills photographer Rick Hand (right) cameos as one of the guards alongside Bob Davidson.  The uniforms were made from scratch (even the shoulder flashes) and include such touches as trout-shaped cap badges. Ours was the first crew ever allowed to film in the Sam Livingston Fish Hatchery, thanks to the negotiating talents of Super PM Cindy Mosley.
 
 
 
 

                               Eric gets a taste of "star treatment". 

Your pillow fluffer will be right with you, sir.
 
 
 
 
 

Art director Howard Kilgour (left) takes a breather after some pretty intense set decoration.  The "insurance office" location was provided to us by Rogers AT&T Wireless.  They also donated generous amounts of coffee for cast and crew, even if they're not aware of it.
 
 

Eric, a man who obviously loves his job, gets a pep talk from his boss(Ron Waller). His executive assistant (Shaun Kidd) has played this scenario out for about the 5th time today, and it's not even lunch.
 
 
 

There's more! Click here to see how we made the the big Derby sequence.