Director Shane Anderson made a pilgrimage to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State to the rivers he once fished as a boy. His relationship with the wild steelhead and the rivers in which they met taught him just how precious life can be. What was once a childhood fishing trip evolved into a journey to find answers as to why his favorite fish is disappearing from the rivers and appearing on the Endangered Species list. How could this wild and beautiful creature slip toward the abyss of extinction?