Second Annual 2 Fly Tournament

The Second Annual Project Healing Waters 2 Fly Tournament was once again a huge success. We were blessed with great weather, great conditions and great fishing. I was lucky to have my daughter with me and also a close friend, Bobbie Parsons.

This year I was matched up with Army Vet Andrew Hill. I was impressed with Drew’s casting ability having only been fishing one time before. We had section #7 this year in the morning which was the same section we had last year in the afternoon. We had tons of fish to work to and we got off to a good start hooking up about 10 fish in an hour. The last fish of the morning came tough but we worked the water hard and did pretty well. We were able to measure one of three fish for the day during our morning sessions. It was a 19” rainbow which later had dibs for tying the largest fish of tournament.

When fishing this tournament, it’s good to keep your eyes off the scoreboard because you really have no idea who measured their three fish and who didn’t. You also have the luck of the draw also in regards to which section you have and when. Often you will follow a group that did well on a certain section and the trout will be very hard to hook again. Best thing to do is just keep changing your presentation, depth and of course fly.

In the afternoon, Drew and I both had good numbers on the bored hooking 17 trout. Drew did a nice job catching a few trout right when are time was running short which later helped us with our ranking. We measured two more trout which added to our points. We were also able to keep all four flies which gave us some additional points. All and all we had a great day.

In the afternoon, after taking Sarah and Bobbie down river to fish a little we walked back up to the tent. I had no idea Drew and I were going to be even close to placing for the tournament, but we got lucky. We placed second and tied for the largest fish of the tournament. After receiving our awards, we took some pictures and made our way back home. Pictures will be either on the website or here on the blog soon.

I just want to give a special thanks to everyone who was involved. PHW is an amazing organization, not only because of the people involved, but the purpose behind what we do. Bobbie, thanks for taking such great pictures and spending the day with us. Ed, Doug, Tim and everyone else……..Awesome job. Can I come back next year?