Count me in too. I got my start in fly tying via PHWFF program at Walter Reed in 2011. I'd like to give back . . .
Cheers, On August 10, 2014 6:29:27 PM EDT, 'Anthony Spezio' via VFB Mail <[email protected]> wrote: >Count me in for five Froggies. I am sure I can do those. >Tony > > >On Sunday, August 10, 2014 3:01 PM, Ronald Boutin ><[email protected]> wrote: > > > >We have been working with local VA hosp doling tying workshops .However >it has not gone over very well as most people that come are just >looking for something to do for a few hours ant not really interested >in learning to tie. So we are trying to see how we can increase >participation. I help out on a Project Healing Waters teaching >steelhead fishing on the salmon river (ny).It is a 2 and a half day >program and always completely filled. It is a great program and very >rewarding.. >Ron b > >On August 8, 2014, at 11:42AM, "Walter K. Shockley" wrote: > > >Good Morning all, > >For two years I worked with another gentleman here in the Charleston SC >Area to get a Project Healing Water Fly Fishing (PHWFF) group started >as he was the lead and moved ever so slow, as we were going nowhere I >ask the national group to send me all the information and I would make >it work. >I talked with the folks at the Charleston VAMC and put posters up, >contacted all the fly shops and off we went. > >Last Tuesday I conducted my first class for five veterans (2 could not >make it) in fly casting and on the 19th I will start them on fly tying. >I have 4 Viet Nam era vets and 3 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. What a >joy to to work with these veterans. > >PHWFF has been great on providing fly rods, vices and tying tools. What >we could use more of is materials if you have any extra items falling >off your fly tying table we could sure use them. I will be sure to give >credit to any items donated. > >I was also thinking it might be fun to do a “Blue Gill” swap with five >of the veterans here and five from this list, so they may see some of >the work others are doing and I can keep it simple for them. >I was thinking flies in the mail to me by 1 December. None of this is >set in stone so if you have other ideas please let me know. > >I called it a "Blue Gill Swap" as we have a couple of smalls ponds >close by they could use the flies in. > >Thanks in advance to all for your ideas and help. > >Walter > >Walter Shockley >448 Mercantile Rd. >McClellanville, SC 29458 > > >-- >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" >group. > >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected] >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > >VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com/ >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "VFB Mail" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to [email protected]. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >-- >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" >group. > >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected] >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > >VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com/ >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "VFB Mail" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to [email protected]. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >-- >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" >group. > >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected] >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > >VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "VFB Mail" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to [email protected]. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. Bob Hendry Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
