PREDATOR : Drake Video Awards "Best Movie" 2012

Two from the Drake Video Awards

Majszak and Gregson crushed the Best Cinematography category with this dispatch from the Tongass.

Meet Hank Patterson! Your Fly Fishing Guide took home the bacon for Best Humor.

IFTD - Day One

Post Drake video party.

GEOFISH - Best Film from The Drake Video Awards

You got to roll with the punches and get to what's real

It was not too long ago that the band of trout bums that helped lead the way in the new school fly film genre broke up over issues beyond their control. After the dust had settled, most of the band got back together. Reconstituted as Motiv Fishing, they hit the road to Mexico in a veggie powered rig and in what is sweet redemption, captured the Best Film and Best Humor Award at the recent Drake 5 minute of Fly Fishing Video Awards.

No film better represented the spirit of the awards than this piece, heavy drinking and karaoke.

Some highlights from The Drake's 5 Minutes of Fly Fishing Film Awards

Here are two word you don't hear together very often, tarpon and float tubes.

Tapam won the award for best fishing film.

Heart of the Marsh, Waterline Media's short film about the Gulf, took home the hardware in the Best Short Film and Best Story categories.

Watch it at East Cape Canoe and Skiffs.

Early in 2010 an eerie drama was unfolding in South Florida.

The winter had brought record low temperatures, worrisome fish kills, and questions about the the future. Uncertainty and nervousness consumed many connected to the ocean. When Spring finally emerged, things were still strange. By April, we were at a tipping point. The ominous threat of the Deepwater Horizon disaster was creeping closer and closer. Everything was on the edge. It felt as if a threat from another world was bearing down. We were being invaded… Then, out of the chaos and confusion came hope-- carried by silver beings…lots of them.

Check it out at WorldANgling.

When Guiding Goes Gangsta

RA wins in the Best Humor Category at The Drake's 5 Minutes of Fly Fishing Film Awards at the IFTD show. We had to cut out early so we missed the show..... and the puking on shoes.

For a full report head on over to RA's blog......check out the rest of his site while you're there, world class.