After a misguided decision in the enemy-held mountains of Afghanistan, a seasoned bomb technician uses the art of fly fishing to mend the invisible wounds inflicted on his kindred protégé. 

SYNOPSIS:

In Afghanistan's remote and treacherous Tangi River Valley, Harp and Blaine faceoff against an embedded cell of enemy tacticians with the keen ability to exploit their target's weaknesses. As the battlefield chess-match ensues, a "passing of the torch" from Harp to Blaine occurs. By the end of the mission, Blaine has fully embraced the team leader position and saves his mentor from an inevitable fate, but not without a cataclysmic incident that drives the men apart.

After four years, Harp is medically retired and transitions from the service. He has a best-laid plan sure to get him caught up on all the things he missed. However, he can't begin his journey to civilian life until he completes his last mission – saving the man that delivered him from the clutches of the enemy.

Blaine, isolated in fear and depression, is in dire straits. He is now a shadow of a man. In numb-turmoil with his wife and disconnected from his child, Blaine has nothing left. It is not until he faces his self-perceived "end" that the two men become reconnected. Blaine tests Harp resolve but Harp stays in the fight, and they take up their familiar roles as protégé and mentor.

The reunited team set off on a backcountry journey in search of connection and peace, using the artful experiences of fly-fishing as a way to relate to their new lives away from the battlefield. In the streams of Utah, with the aid of their fishing sage, Joe Winston, the twisted character traits that have entangled both men are unwound.

In the end, Blaine is brought to the point of self-awareness, ready to take the lead in his own life and mend his family. However, Harp is stuck, fallen victim to his altruism again. With Blaine healed, what's left for him? How does he move on? Again, the protégé becomes the mentor as Blaine guides Harp to the realization that his deep-seeded fatal flaws are still present -- even after he has taken off the uniform.