http://www.roseriverfarm.com

http://www.orvis.com

http://www.templeforkflyrods.com

http://www.templeforkflyrods.com

http://www.gentryscatering.com

Angling Publications - Index

Angling Publications - Fly Fish America - September 2007 Issue - Index

Supporting The Project
The nonprofi t Project Healing Waters (PHW) is a joint activity of Trout
Unlimited and the Federation of Fly Fishers that offers wounded military
personnel from Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Bethesda Naval
Medical Center opportunities to learn-or enhance-fl y-fi shing and fl y-tying
skills. Volunteers coordinate fl y-fi shing, fl y-casting, and fl y-tying clinics for
wounded veterans as well as onstream outings for vets with angling clubs. All
services and activities of the Project are provided to participants at no cost.
Currently, volunteers run the rapidly expanding project; organizers hope to
hire a full-time director soon and to continue to expand the Project to reach
vets and angling clubs across the country.
To learn more about Project Healing Waters-or to make a tax-deductible
donation, or to donate your time, talents, or anything else-and to fi nd a list
of manufacturers, merchants, and guides who have contributed to Project
Healing Waters, please visit www.projecthealingwaters.org.
18
another: "We have to adapt to our shattered
bodies and minds and try to regain
some semblance of a normal life.?
Bonnie Salzman is a veteran of a different
kind of war. When she learned that
her son J. R., a member of the Wisconsin
Army National Guard, had been injured
during convoy duty in Iraq, she and her
husband and their daughter-in-law, Josie,
fl ew on Christmas Day from Wisconsin
to be with him at Walter Reed. Watching
her son learn to live with his serious injuries
has only been a part of the struggle:
"You wouldn't believe the red tape that
goes with the Veterans Administration,?
she says. "J. R. has had to fi ght for nearly
everything he has gotten. He'll be lucky
to receive 35 percent disability for losing
his right arm.? She complains that "our
sons and daughters shouldn't have to
come home and fi ght to get what should
be theirs because of the service they have
given to their country,? but quickly adds,
"Don't get me wrong-I'm not feeling sorry
for myself. There are over 3,500 sets of
parents who would love to be in my place.
Their children won't ever come home.?
Rose River Farm
The Rose River, which begins like so
many other excellent streams, in Virginia's
Shenandoah National Park, runs through
Douglas Dear's Madison County farm.
Dear has improved the stream banks and
fenced out his cattle on this beautiful
stretch of the Rose; he has also stocked
the water with some fi ne trout. In return,
he charges anglers a fee to fi sh on his
property for the day. When Nicholson
and Gaines prepared to promote their
fi rst large-scale Project Healing Waters
event, they turned to Dear and Rose
River Farm (www.roseriverfarm.com).
Dear jumped on board the project with
both feet, offering his property free of
charge to Healing Waters.
But Dear was just the fi rst of many
benefactors. Orvis (www.orvis.com) and
Temple Fork Outfi tters (www.templeforkfl
yrods.com) stepped up with offers
to provide funds and products. TFO
made 10 custom rods for the event and
then donated the rods to be sold. Gentry's
Catering (www.gentryscatering.com) of
Culpeper, Virginia, offered to donate all
the food and catering services-for nearly
500 people-at no cost.
Donations big and small began to pour
in from around the country: books, fl ies,
artwork, vests, reels, fl y lines-all sent at
no cost in support of a worthy cause.