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Here we go again! - Healing on the Albany 2009!

No big secret that I have been really slacking on keeping things current on this site. The events of last year took a HUGE amount of time out of my work schedule and that coupled with all my work with Project Healing Waters HQ, the rough economic times, and a two year old boy just left me reeling. After reassessing the situation I think it is only prudent to do the right thing in 2009 and do EXACTLY THE SAME THING AGAIN! Yep! The preparations for Healing on the Albany 2009 are now underway!

Once again the good folks at Wilderness North have rolled out the red carpet to welcome about a dozen wounded Canadian and American war vets from the Project Healing Waters program. Fortunately I have some extra help this year. Project Healing Waters has expanded from 18 chapters last year to about 50 in 2009; including our very first Canadian Chapter. I am sure that will be a huge help in figuring out the logistics. Even with all this extra help we still need financial help to pull all this off. You can donate directly to Project Healing Waters by visiting their donations page. Please note Healing on the Albany in the memo field so we know that your donation will be directed to this event. You can also donate by sending checks made payable to Project Healing Waters (put HOTA 09 in memo field) directly to the PHW headquarters by following directions on this link.

The dates of the event are July 11th - 16th, 2009. Last year the camp was closed for the event but after seeing how the troops handled themselves (I was really proud...most of the time) we have decided to make this an open event this year. That means that you are more than welcome to join us this year if you can clear the schedule. Wilderness fishing trips are fun. Wilderness fishing trips with the Project Healing Waters crew are life changing.

For more information, email us at phwtrip@nativebrooktrout.com

Read the story of last summers trip here here.

Click here for the photo gallery of the 2008 trip.

Football Sized Brookies!

We just returned from Lake Miminiska and the first 2008 trip of Albany River Adventures. When Tom Doolittle of Charlotte, NC saw the posting for these trips he didn't hesitate and booked the Grand Slam for the last week of May; prime time for trophy brookies. I knew this would be a good trip but I had no idea that the numbers would be so high and the fish so huge. Our smallest fish was a puny 19" inches with a 23" lunker and this 21" football in the mix. You know it is something special when you line up an 8 weight for brook trout and still feel a little under-gunned. Read all about Tom's dream adventure here or just visit the photo gallery to see the results. You can book trips just like Tom's; just click Albany River Adventures to learn more.

A Good Spring!

The spring rains have provided us with either great fishing or blown out conditions. After the terrible droughts of the past years, it is hard to complain. A few noteable events from the Spring. I took my friend RC to a very cool spot in the Shenandoah a few weeks back. A couple of weeks later RC invited his cousin Rob down from NY to try his hand at Southern Natives and he scored big by catching a 13" fish out of my favorite spot; a cool slot canyon way up in the SNP. Despite Rob's extensive fly fishing experience, this was his first brook ever. His casting skills were the ticket to getting his two weight to the back wall of the canyon where the fish was hanging just below a waterfall.

Here is an entertaining clip. No he isn't a midget. Just someone who got an early start.

If you have any questions, comments or ideas you can write us at : feedback@nativebrooktrout.com. We look forward to fishing with you in 2008.

Fish on!

Mark Snyder, Webcaster

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