Official Trailer · Full Film Releases September 2026
A film directed by FISH CAMP founder Jon Klaczkiewicz. Full release September 2026.
On the Snake, the guides are more than fishermen. They are teachers, stewards, and guardians of the river that made them.
For the guides of Jackson Hole, a day on the Snake River is never only about the fish. It is about the current and the cottonwoods, the cutthroat that live nowhere else, and the thousands of anglers they teach to read water, wade lightly, and leave the river better than they found it.
Filmed across a season in the shadow of the Tetons, Guardians of the Snake follows the men and women who have given their lives to this water. Multiplied across every client and every drift, their quiet code of stewardship becomes a promise: to protect one of the West’s most storied rivers for the generations still to come.
Led by Westbank Anglers guide and managing partner Mike Dawes, this course breaks down the fundamentals of trout fly fishing: gear, knots, entomology, reading water, casting, and the river etiquette that turns anglers into stewards.
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The rods, reels, waders, and small-water essentials Mike fishes on the Snake. Handpicked from his kit. Annual Fish Camp members get 25% off at Westbank Anglers.
Jackson Hole’s original guide service and home to Mike Dawes.
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