Category: Project Healing Waters

“I will prepare and someday my chance will come.” — Abraham Lincoln. This quote pretty well sums up how the Project Healing Waters team felt in 2020.  But that is…

By Andrew Frutiger In our latest installment of online fly tying seminars, Colin Flournoy took the veterans through the more advanced Crittermite fly. Released by Fly Fishing Hall of Famer…

By Andrew Frutiger Veterans Day honors all of those who have served the country in war or peace and, being the son of Korean War Veteran, this day always had special…

By Andrew Frutiger In our ninth installment of online fly tying seminars, Don Fine led the veterans through tying the “Curly Tailed Jig,” a more involved fly that the veterans…

By Andrew Frutiger In our eighth installment of online fly tying seminars, Patrick Staley, U.S. Army retired, led our veterans through tying the Schminnow. Originally designed by Norm Ziggler to…

By Andrew Frutiger In our seventh installment of online fly tying seminars, Chuck Dinkle led our veterans through one of the most versatile and complex flies to date, the Peacock…

By Andrew Frutiger In our fifth and sixth installments of online fly tying seminars, Colin Flournoy led our veterans through tying complex scud and simple mop fly patterns. While the…

By Andrew Frutiger In our fourth installment of online fly tying seminars, Colin Flournoy led our veterans through and incredibly effective and easy to tie egg pattern. The pattern only…

By Andrew Frutiger In our third installment of online fly tying seminars, Colin Flournoy led four of our veterans through one of the more challenging patterns they’ve attempted to date,…

By Andrew Frutiger On April 28, the club held its second installment of virtual fly tying. The veterans were treated to a brief education on bugs and their stages by…

By Larry Forte Given the current COVID-19 crisis, all Project Healing Waters face-to-face meetings and outings have been suspended. However, that didn’t stop Program Lead Dave Wooster and his team…

By Andrew Frutiger Project Healing Waters Suspends Program Activities Following National Emergency Declaration What a fantastic start to the new year! We continue to have a strong showing of veterans,…

By Andrew Frutiger Our February meeting will be on Tuesday, February 25th at 7:00pm. Our group of participants are excited about 2020 and getting out on the river/stream/lake and bay…

By Andrew Frutiger On December 17th, our Project Healing Waters Program came together for what will become the annual Christmas Party. It was a potluck event and although you never…

By Andrew Frutiger Our next Project Healing Waters meeting will be Tuesday, December 17th. We look forward to celebrating the holidays with our participants. If you have any questions or…