09/30/2026
Welcome to the British River Running Academy, est. 1847. Today's lesson: sweepers.
Now, if you're wondering what on earth this is, here's the story.
About 20 years ago we were shooting a steelhead conservation piece in the Pacific Northwest with our buddy Dave McCoy of Emerald Water Anglers. Between takes, Dave went under a down tree, and we got it on camera. For the last 20 years, Dave has been asking us if we know where that footage is, because he thinks it's the funniest thing ever. We never could find it.
Then, recently, we started a new steelhead project and I was digging through some seriously old drives, and there it was. The file was corrupted. We managed to recover the video, but the audio was gone for good.
So we did what any responsible filmmakers would do and hired the British River Running Academy to provide the narration. (Wink)
Twenty-five years of filming has meant meeting a lot of great, funny people and collecting all the little moments that happen along the way. This one's for our longtime friend Dave. It's dumb, it's just for grins and an inside jike, and we hope it's not a total waste of your time.
Cheerio, and mind the wood.
