Healing Waters / Tarpon / Reference for tip path

When making inquiries today at my local VHMC(veterans hospital medical center) in Cincinnati, it was pointed out to me that many of the facilities have a specific mission assigned to them. I noticed that most all the many patients in the hallways were ambulatory, and few had prostheses. I discovered that our center's mission is predominantly as a psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery center.

Fly fishers interested in becoming involved with their local facility would be well advised to identify and contact the activity coordinator in TRAC(treatment recovery and activity center) for discussion of how best to relate to and serve the veterans assigned there. My local FFF club has been tying with our vets for a while, and the TRAC coordinator is very excited for us to expand our mission. But it became obvious to me that our group will require a much different approach to our vets than a center treating predominately physically compromised veterans.

Approaching VHMC facilities can be daunting if you just walk in and want to help. Knowing who to contact shortens the curve appreciably, and having cracked the code, the welcome you receive from the caring staff is heartening.

Last thought-what we have found is that the presence of a " living in the moment" companion/listener does a lot for that veteran's day, whether or not they can dress a wooley worm at the end. I look forward to expanding their experience to include the water that so many of us find indeed "healing".

Tom

R Thomas Scheer DDS (retired)
Federation of Fly fishers Certified Casting Instructor
1268 Michigan ave
Cincinnati OH 45208
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mobile 513 317-4996
glen arbor michigan 231 334 4575

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TARPON

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Dusty adds:

Also, Tarpon on Fly, by Donald Larmouth and Rob Fordyce, 2002, ISBN 1-57188-270-7....an excellent book as well.

Dusty

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CONCAVE - CONVEX

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Suggestion of a new frame of reference with respect to the rod tip path by Lewis Hinks :-

Hi Gordy,

Why not use SLP as the constant reference for whether the path of the rod tip is concave or convex. That is how I think of it. Then it does not matter what on plane you are casting. If the rod move outside the SLP and then back to it, it is convex, If the rod tip move inside the SLP and then back to it, it is concave.

Just a thought.

Lewis

Lewis Hinks

Regional Director, NS

Atlantic Salmon Federation (www.asf.ca)

P.O. Box 359, Chester, NS B0J 1J0

Ph/fax: 902-275-3407