Film Highlight

CASA MAR - New Beginnings

FILMED - EDITED - PRODUCED by Jesse Males

Production Date: 2023-2024

INTENTION: Tell the final chapter to the Drake Fly Fishing Video Awards “2022 Movie of the Year” - The Legend of Casa Mar

ABOUT THE FILM: In 2022, the breakthrough film “The Legend of Casa Mar” began the untold story of one of the world's most prolific tarpon fishing lodges located on the northern Caribbean coastline of Costa Rica. Peter Gorinsky’s iconic interview outlined the details surrounding the history of the lodge and its downfall in the late 80’s and early 90’s.

The film came to a close with the fishery unfolding into the hands of modern anglers who still fish the area to this day. Now in 2025, “New Beginnings” picks up the story and introduces fly fishing legends Chico Fernandez and Dan Blanton who together with the late Peter Gorinsky tell untold stories of Casa Mar’s past, address the current conservation challenges that the fishery faces, and uncover what the future of the area needs most.

Showing everywhere in the official lineup of the 2025 International Fly Fishing Film Festival.