New Deep South program -- The Villages

Please join me in welcoming a new Program in The Villages, FL.  Many thanks going out to RC Larry Lurie for the hard work in bringing the The Villages Outpatient VA facility together with the Tri County Fly Fishers in recruiting and serving new participants. 

The Project Lead, Larry Nazzaro, made all the arrangements with the Villages VA outpatient facility and was instrumental in getting the program started.

Great work out in the field!  

Ellen Killough

Chief Executive Officer

Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, Inc.

www.projecthealingwaters.org

Homefront: Fishing lure project helps ease PTSD symptoms

Pensacola veterans suffering from PTSD find relief in learning to make artificial fishing lures

Pensacola News Journal

Published Mar 15, 2014, pnj.com. Written by Rob Johnson

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PTSD Fly Tying Therapy: Sufferers of 
post-traumatic stress disorder in 
Pensacola are finding a novel therapy 
in tying fishing lures.

While tying the tiny, colorful creations that mimic fish-attracting insects might seem tedious to the uninitiated, Bauknecht and others find a welcome escape in the activity that is an innovative part of PTSD group meetings at the Department of Veterans Affairs Joint Ambulatory Care Center.

“It gives you a chance to focus on something besides other thoughts. You have to concentrate. It takes skill and patience,” said Bauknecht, 64, “And I had trouble with patience.”