MetalHead ( AEG’s last film)
Today felt like Christmas! When I got to my mailbox there was a yellow envelope from Creekside Media. I wasn’t really sure what it was. I wasn’t expecting anything but, when I saw MetalHead, a big smile came over my face. I was very excited to get home and pop this film in. This is the last movie from AEG (Angling Exploration Group). AEG started the Adventure fly fishing film industry with Trout Bum Diaries: Patagonia, then Kiwi Camo to Fish Bum: Mongolia and the final one with MetalHead.
MetalHead is a film about five guys doing a trip on the west coast for wild steelhead. They show you some huge rewards that come from putting your time in and doing your homework before a trip.
I must say this was the best one by far. I enjoyed the other three and up to this point, Patagonia was my favorite. In MetalHead, they had me right from the start with the building of the boat, and it never stopped from there. I enjoy seeing what it takes to put together a trip like these guys do. They take you through the trials and tribulations of a trip of this magnitude. You can feel the pain of the guy that gets left behind to the ribbing and teasing of the guy who craps in his pants. Unlike the other films, this felt like a trip I could actually do, so it drew me in more.
So as a test, to see if the film was as good as I thought it was, I put the film in my computer and walked away, as my 7 year old and 10 year boys were in my office. An hour later they came out. I could here them laughing at the funny parts and saying, “Wow!” at the exciting ones. I few times I was called into the office to see some huge steelhead.
When my 7 year old came out of the office I asked him what he thought and he said “That was awesome!” Right after, my oldest came out and he said, “Those were some huge fish!”
I guess I was right.
Kevin McKay
