Brazos Valley Reel Recovery

10/09/2023

Congratulations to Rusty Dunn, a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast Council and now an active member of the Texas Council, on being a recipient of the FFI Casting Board of Governors annual recognition awards.

George “Rusty” Dunn, CI, was presented the Casting Instructor Certification Program Instruction Recognition Award. Rusty has been an active instructor and member of the Acadiana Fly Rodders Club in Louisiana and founded the Louisiana Reel Recovery Retreat Program there as well. He also co-founded “Good Fly” where he and others raised funds to offer free casting workshops. He was also instrumental in creating The Round Up 2023 in Texas, which brought about 200 fly anglers together at this two day event, which also focused on the value of becoming a FFI certified casting instructor.

The remaining casting awards - Lifetime Achievement and Mel Krieger Awards - will be announced and presented with other annual recognitions at the FFI’s Board of Directors Award Ceremony on October 18, 2023.

05/03/2022

We still have a couple of spots open for our upcoming retreat. If you are interested, go to the application page and sign up. It is a great experience!
Reel Recovery (http://www.reelrecovery.org/mission.php) is a national organization that reaches out to men coping with cancer through fly-fishing retreats. The participants attend COST FREE.
There will be a retreat at Camp Allen near Navasota TX, May 13-15, 2022.
The purpose is to bring men together to:
- Meet other men who have or are walking in their shoes
- Learn about fly fishing
- Catch fish on a fly rod
- Talk about life / death issues in a safe small group format
These retreats are life giving and life changing
To Sign up go to this link: http://reelrecovery.org/programs/application/
Comments from previous RR retreat participants.
"The participants taught me that others have more serious issues than I do, yet they are facing their cancers with strength and optimism."
"This gave me the support I didn't even know I needed."
"Excellent! Fantastic! Great! I am now better prepared thanks to the group conversations to cope with my cancer."
"Fly fishing gave me a chance to get together and can be a way to create a forum to learn from each other. I have a better feeling about myself and how to deal with life.
"Though this retreat I've learned that I am not all alone."
The link below is to a short video that explains Reel Recovery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVNsrkZRhs4
Contact one of the men listed below for more information.
Rusty Dunn ([email protected] ) 337-344-4385
Dr. Steve Wikse ([email protected]) (979) 446-2386

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05/03/2022

We still have a couple of spots open for our upcoming retreat. If you are interested, go to the application page and sign up. It is a great experience!
Reel Recovery (http://www.reelrecovery.org/mission.php) is a national organization that reaches out to men coping with cancer through fly-fishing retreats. The participants attend COST FREE.
There will be a retreat at Camp Allen near Navasota TX, May 13-15, 2022.
The purpose is to bring men together to:
- Meet other men who have or are walking in their shoes
- Learn about fly fishing
- Catch fish on a fly rod
- Talk about life / death issues in a safe small group format
These retreats are life giving and life changing
To Sign up go to this link: http://reelrecovery.org/programs/application/
Comments from previous RR retreat participants.
"The participants taught me that others have more serious issues than I do, yet they are facing their cancers with strength and optimism."
"This gave me the support I didn't even know I needed."
"Excellent! Fantastic! Great! I am now better prepared thanks to the group conversations to cope with my cancer."
"Fly fishing gave me a chance to get together and can be a way to create a forum to learn from each other. I have a better feeling about myself and how to deal with life.
"Though this retreat I've learned that I am not all alone."
The link below is to a short video that explains Reel Recovery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVNsrkZRhs4
Contact one of the men listed below for more information.
Rusty Dunn ([email protected] ) 337-344-4385
Dr. Steve Wikse ([email protected]) (979) 446-2386

Be Well! Fish On!

04/29/2021

We are THRILLED to announce the launch of our 2021 Retreat Season! We start this weekend in Omeo, Victoria - our first-ever Australia Retreat - then 17 Retreats in 15 States starting this Fall. Read more here: https://conta.cc/3xzyfU1 We are so excited to get back on the water, safely resuming our mission of serving men with cancer. Thank you all for your support and encouragement during these challenging times. Be Well! Fish On!

02/26/2020

Up coming Reel Recovery Retreat for the Brazos Valley is scheduled for May 1-3 at Camp Allen near Navasota. Any man who has ever been diagnosed with any type cancer can attend for no cost. Go to Reel Recovery website listed in article and sign up.

I can’t say enough about what Reel Recovery means to me. Watching these guys come here each year, and for a short time, forget their struggles. Hearing them laugh with each other and watching them enjoy the meals we cook for them (some of them really eating for the first time in a long while, even back through the line for seconds).

The participants pretty much steal our heart each year, and we cry every time they leave. They are brave men! Fighters! Gentle Giants! Hero’s to us all here at Cedarwood Lodge. If you, or a man you know is struggling with cancer, or even in remission for years, then check out the website below.

Their is no charge to the participants, so money is not an object. Everyone who works with the retreat, donates their time and talents, because we all have a huge soft spot in our heart for these guys!

www.reelrecovery.org
www.cedarwoodslodge.com

12/18/2019

11/24/2019

Great article on Reel Recovery!

09/28/2019

Another great testimony from an attendee of a Reel Recovery Retreat.

09/26/2019

08/19/2019

Reel Recovery retreat participant statement on his experience! Texas holds 6 RR retreats a year.

03/18/2019

This an article on our Brazos Valley Reel Recovery Retreat which was held this weekend. It was published by The Eagle Newspaper

Late Saturday morning, Vern Wilson of College Station stood with his own volunteer fly-fishing instructor just off the banks of a large, clear pond stocked with bass at the Double