Reeling and Healing Midwest Blog

The Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo – Chicagoland is back for its second year.

The Expo will take place Friday, February 8th, through Sunday, February 10th at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center.

• Free fly casting lessons
• More than 40 Free presentations
• Instruction for beginners
• Fly tying instruction and demos
• Women in fly fishing workshops
• Conservation
• 2008 tackle and gear and travel exhibits
• Aquatic insect display
• +100 exhibits
• Go to www.greatwatersflyfishingexpo.com for more info or sign up for their free newsletter.
• Download their expo flyer: GreatWatersFlyer.

Sponsored by Midwest Fly Fishing magazine

The Huron Valley Chapter of the M.S.S.F.A. is hosting their annual Spring Fishing Show at the Monroe County Expo Center in Monroe, MI on February, 9th-10th, 2008.

The will be a variety of exhibitors from the fishing world – local and national, as well as seminars, speakers and hands-on demonstrations. Some of the best experts throughout the Great Lakes region will be presenting.

The show hours are 9 am until 8 pm on Saturday, February 9th, and 9 am until 5 pm on Sunday, February 10th.

Visit the Huron Valley Steelheaders website for more details.

You’ll find directions to the Monroe Expo Center here.

Reeling & Healing Midwest is proud to participate at these event and encourages our participants, volunteers and supporters to join or create a Reeling & Healing Team in their area.�� Visit the American Cancer Society���s website for more details on these events.

• April 18, 2008
  University of Illinois
  Spring Arbor, MI
• May 9, 2008
  Lenawee Northeast
• May 17, 2008
  Champaign County, IL
• May 23, 2008
  Northern Kane County
• June 6, 2008
  South McHenry County
• June 13, 2008
  Elgin Community College
  Hillsdale, County, MI
• June 20, 2008
  LaSalle County, IL
  Branch County, MI
• June 27, 2008
  North McHenry County, IL
• August 1, 2008
  Jackson, MI
• August 8, 2008
  Lenawee Central

Join us for the Third Annual Winter Retreat at Crystal Mountain Resort! Start off 2008 with a bang. More details below.

Download Registration Form

Twenty-five participants and volunteers are scheduled to fish the famed waters of the Pere Marquette River this weekend in Branch, MI. We’ll be staying at a private river lodge high on a bluff over the river with a thirst to fish for steelhead, brown and rainbow trout. Rumor is a few salmon are still occupying the waters as well. Perhaps we’ll see a few in action.

Survivors from all over the State of Michigan will be in attendance. A few have fished in the fall, but for a majority of the attendees, this is a first-time experience.

The weather forecast is great for fishing – 60 degrees and partly cloudy with the chance of showers.

Keep an eye out for our recap and photos.

FISH ON!

Reeling & Healing Midwest is proud to participate at these event and encourages our participants, volunteers and supporters to join or create a Reeling & Healing Team in their area. Visit the American Cancer Society���s website for more details on these events.

Making Strides Walk Dates Fall 2007

• October 13, 2007
  Twin Cities, Mn
  Rockford, IL
  Detroit, MI
  Flint, MI
  Kalamazoo, MI
  Saginaw, MI
• October 14, 2007
  Merrillville, IN
• October 20, 2007
  Indianapolis, IN
  Ann Arbor, MI
  Grand Rapids, MI
  Jackson, MI
  Lansing, MI
• October 21, 2007
  Aurora, IL
  Chicago, IL
  South Suburbs, IL

Hank���s Fly Fishing Ltd in Lake Orion is sponsoring a team to participate in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer on Belle Isle.

It is simple to join the Team. You can go online to www.cancer.org/stridesonline and click State of Michigan, then Making Stride of Detroit. Follow the next steps and you���ll be on your way. If you prefer to not register online, contact Hank���s Fly Fishing at 248-693-0500 or visit their store for a registration /contribution form.

The team will meet at Hank���s on October 13th and will travel by charter bus to the walk. The team and bus will return to Hank���s after the walk and celebrate their success with a party at the fly shop for all the walkers and their families. For more information email info@hanksflyfishing.com

The Zonta Club and American Cancer Society are sponsoring the 19th Annual Breast Cancer Recovery Plus Program on Saturday, October 13, 2007 at the Waterfront Conference Center. This program is specifically designed for all women who have had or are currently living with breast cancer.

The event runs from 8:00 am through the afternoon and includes lunch, a fashion show and guest speakers. For more information please call 800-723-0370.

Can you believe that more than 1.3 million new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in the United States this year? Those are staggering statistics, but there is hope. Each of us can do something to save lives and help those already fighting this disease. That���s why I���ve decided to take action against cancer by supporting the American Cancer Society Relay For Life�� event in Muskegon, Michigan at Mona Shores High School.

Relay For Life is an overnight event that brings our community together to help support the American Cancer Society and its lifesaving mission to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. It also helps people who are walking this cancer journey to deal with it���s ups and downs and what is available in our community for them.

I invite you to show your support in the ongoing fight against cancer by joining us for this year���s event. Survivors��� Lap and the moving Luminaria Ceremony are on Friday night, June 1. On Saturday, June 2, there will be many activities occuring for you to join in on. We hope to see you there!

JoAnn (6 year survivor-breast cancer)
���Breast Friends��� Team Capt.
www.acsevents.org/relay/muskegon/mi

Greetings all. The following item was left behind at our booth at the MFFC Show. It belongs to someone who attended the July 30th 2006 retreat as it sports a fly tied by our own Alex Brown. If it belongs to you, please drop us an email with the necessary contact information.

Fish On!