Official Selections

Official Selection: Pivot

Every great fishing trip begins with a plan. Salmon flies were on the menu, but upon arriving it became obvious that the river had a different idea. Sometimes, the greatest reward isn’t found in getting the plan right, but in knowing when to let it go and Pivot. Only at Fly Fusion’s Trout Tour in 2026!

Filmmaker: Gilbert Rowley

Official Selection: Shadow People of the Falls

Rewa Villagers call them the “shadow people,” wild humans hidden deep in the Amazon Rainforest with no connection to civilization. It’s an eerie feeling trying to fly fish when you know they might be watching. “Shadow People at the Falls” follows April Vokey as she ventures to the edge of that territory alongside cinematographer Jesse Males and writer/producer Sam Lungren in pursuit of vampiric payara, opulent peacock bass, and arapaima stretching past 300 pounds. Only at Fly Fusion’s Trout Tour in 2026!

Filmmakers: Jesse Males

Official Selection: Wander On

Haley has spent her life showing up for others. Last year, she lost the love of her life to cancer far too young. This year, we had the chance to show up for her.
We surprised Haley with a week in Iceland, chasing sea-run brown trout and Atlantic salmon beneath the endless northern light. What followed was more than a fishing trip – it was incredible scenery, old and new friendships, unforgettable moments, and once-in-a-lifetime fishing.
Wander On is a celebration of the journey we all take through life – the hardships, the heartbreak, the unexpected joys, and the people who walk alongside us. It’s a reminder that sometimes, when life takes something from us, the water has a way of giving something back. Only at Fly Fusion’s Trout Tour in 2026!

Filmmaker: Luke Renard

Official Selection: Second Chance

A River. A Community. A Second Chance. The Teton River flows quietly through eastern Idaho, a wild trout stream, a working agricultural river, and the lifeblood of the Teton Valley community. But in 1976, everything changed. The catastrophic collapse of the Teton Dam unleashed nearly 80 billion gallons of water, devastating downstream communities and forever altering the river’s story. The disaster killed 11 people, flooded hundreds of thousands of acres, and caused billions in damage. Nearly 50 years later, the river, and the people who depend on it continue to recover, rebuild, and reimagine what the future of the watershed can be. Only at Fly Fusion’s Trout Tour in 2026!

Filmmaker: Jon Klaczkiewicz

Official Selection: Cutthroat Camp

I wanted to create a film about an annual trip my dad and I took when I was growing up. We called it Cutthroat Camp, and it’s where I learned how to fly fish. Going back to recreate that trip together years later meant a lot to me. This film is about those memories, what my dad taught me, and the time we shared on the water. Only at Fly Fusion’s Trout Tour in 2026!

Filmmaker: Sam Allen

From the Vault: Chasing Tundra

Bristol Bay has always been known as a wild Alaskan destination, with fishing at the top of the list of reasons people head North. Exploring this big landscape, to throw big flies at big fish was our goal. Chasing Tundra follows four friends as they explore the Land of the Midnight sun from the wings of Alaska Rainbow Lodge’s classic Beaver Float planes in pursuit of wild Leopard Rainbow Trout. Only at Fly Fusion’s Trout Tour in 2026!

Filmmaker: Travis Bradford

Official Selection: Chasing Hatches

For more than thirty years, Dr. Rob Van Kirk and the Henry’s Fork Foundation have built one of the country’s most respected river science programs, shaping modern conservation through long-term monitoring, water management, and fisheries research on the Henry’s Fork. Their work has protected the river through drought, development, and decades of change. But the hatches aren’t what they used to be. Across the American West, anglers keep noticing the same thing: the bugs arrive at different times, some are less abundant, others seem to disappear entirely. For decades, these were just stories traded on riverbanks. Now, a new generation of scientists is setting out to find out whether they’re true,  and what they mean for the fisheries so many people love. Chasing Hatches follows that generational handoff in three movements. It begins with the legacy, the science Van Kirk built and the uncertainty now testing it. It moves to the next generation, following Jackson Birrell and James Frakes of the Salmonfly Project as they travel across the West assembling one of the largest aquatic insect datasets ever collected, driven by a simple conviction: if you protect the bugs, you protect everything. And it arrives at the future, where eDNA researcher Jack McLaren bridges field science and the lab, chasing the possibility that a single sample of river water could reveal the health of an entire ecosystem, and let us understand change before it becomes decline. Aquatic insects are the foundation of river ecosystems, yet remarkably little long-term data exists about their populations. Without understanding what’s happening at the bottom of the food web, we risk missing the earliest warning signs of ecological change. Chasing Hatches is a film about the people racing to close that gap, legacy science, new technology, and the anglers, researchers, and rivers caught in between. If the hatches disappear, what does that mean for fly fishing? Only at Fly Fusion’s Trout Tour in 2026!

Filmmaker: Jon Klaczkiewicz

Official Selection: Rivers in Time

Rivers in Time captures the poetry and dance that is western fly fishing, and the perception that fly fishing does not rest on the singular act of catching fish. Told from the perspective of a young woman, we wade through the cold water with her as she tells the story of fly fishing from a position far beyond fish. This film highlights generational fly fishing and the importance of bringing home stories to the ones that eagerly wait for them.  Only at Fly Fusion’s Trout Tour in 2026!

Filmmaker: McKenna Hulslander