2009 Drake Magazine Video Awards: The Saving Grace of FFR

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The forth annual Drake Magazine Video Awards concluded the other night with SLAM sharing the “Best Fishing Video” with our friend R.A.Beattie’s video: Dank.  We opened the show to tremendous fan fare as the crowd held on to every clip.  The emotion climaxed when the audience reeled back as I slammed my face into the casting platform on the south side of the Marquesas.  Yes that was me, Yes it hurt, but No, that’s not real blood.  There were some really great films this year as the quality seems to be getting better and better.  Noticeably absent was Felt Soul Media, as new-commers On The Fly took home the honors of “Best Overall” for their film Once In  Blue Moon.  I believe that Mikey Weir and Brian O’keefe were also in the winners circle for “Best Story” and “Best Cinematography”.  I might be wrong however as Tom Bie made good on his promise of free beer.  I was pretty pumped and they were going down fast while I watched from the Scott Fly Rods section on the upper level.  Obviously, I want to thank the other film makers for their efforts in getting their videos together for the show.  This event would not be possible without artists like yourselves putting in an amazing amount of time and hard work to make it happen.  Similarly, many thanks to Cloudveil, Yellow Dog, Scott, Smith, Scholler, SA, Hatch and New Belgium for sponsoring this event.  I also want to thank Oakley for hooking us up with some new shades, and Craig C. at Vanstaal for being the coolest dude ever and hooking us up with his badass reels.  But most of all, I want to thank The Drake, our loyal fans, and those who showed up, for being really, really loud when our film was playing!  All in all, it was great to get out to Denver and see everyone again. We will be looking forward to the  Fly Fishing Film Tour early next year, and some much needed time off in the southern hemisphere.