The fishing derby sequence was shot in six separate locations over a period of two years.
The fish hatchery sequence was shot in two separate locations; the Sam Livingston Fish Hatchery in Calgary, AB and the Raven Trout Brood Station in Caroline, AB.
The film is 22 minutes long, but it contains less than two minutes of dialogue.
All of the background extras for the derby sequence were provided by the Calgary Hook and Hackle Club.
Originally released in 2003, the 16mm negative was transferred to Betacam SP video format for editing. The resulting effort was a 480i low-res image in a 4:3 format. In 2019, the negatives were re-scanned to a high-quality 2K format, which was then re-edited and reformatted to 1.66:1 wide screen format.