In addition to the F3T, it was selected for other important film tours and has received rave reviews from pretty much everyone who is interested in preserving and protecting the outdoor places we love.Īndrew and Eric have graduated from college and moved on to other intriguing film projects.
It has established the Braker Brothers as influential and creative sources in the world of fly-fishing. As a result of the pandemic, in addition to in-person screenings, the tour went virtual this year allowing for an even bigger audience.Ī Journey Upstream is a huge success, collecting several awards along the way including the Lefty Kreh Youth Film of the Year. The films are meticulously selected from hundreds of entries, then taken on the road to theaters all over the United States, Canada, and eight other countries. The “F3T” as it is nicknamed, is arguably the most prestigious collection of short films in the world of fly angling. I won’t give away the details except to say we caught a dish-calm August day that started with breaching dolphins and breaking rockfish and ended with vivid lightning and violent thunder as we raced a summer squall across the Bay.Ī few months after the trip, and no doubt after countless editing hours that even made my sloppy fly casting look good, Andrew sent me an excited text message to say that the film had been selected by the Fly Fishing Film Tour. Before long, we had a fishing trip planned. With the cameras rolling, we sat in my worn leather recliners and discussed their vision for the project. When they sent me some snippets of the elegant video footage they had already collected – including interviews with Dylan Taillie, an environmental communicator for the University of Maryland, and John Neely, the chair of the Maryland Sports Fishing Commission – I couldn’t wait to join the project.Īndrew and Eric traveled across the Bay Bridge to my fishing workshop on Kent Island along with their friend and ace photographer, Kirk Marks. I was intrigued, not just because it involved fishing but also because Andrew and Eric were speaking the language of environmentalism from an angling perspective, something we don’t hear as often as we should. We also hope it inspires people to get out on the water for themselves.” “ Our main goal is to create a fly-fishing film that highlights the fun and beauty of our two favorite native Maryland fisheries and acquaints the public with the concepts of habitat connectivity, water quality, and conservation. That was the email message I got back in June of 2020 when I first heard of Andrew and Eric Braker and learned about their film project, A Journey Upstream. “My brother and I are young anglers who want to make a film about the importance of clean water to brook trout and striped bass, and we wondered if we could interview you and maybe do a session out on the Bay?”
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