Reeling and Healing Midwest Blog

Our 7th Annual Reunion Retreat on the Pere Marquette River is almost here!  We have 20+ participants who will enjoy the day floating and fly fishing from drift boats with some of the area’s top river guides.  More to come!

Reeling & Healing Midwest announces some 2011 Retreat Dates.

• NEW PARTICIPANT RETREATS
  

Friday, May 6 – Sunday, May 8 in Lovells, MI

Sunday, July 17 – Tuesday, July 19 in Grayling, MI

Sunday, July 24 – Tuesday, July 26 in Grayling, MI

Sunday, August 7 – Tuesday, August 9 in Grayling, MI

Sunday, August 14 – Tuesday, August 16 in Grayling, MI

• REUNION RETREATS

Annual One Day Retreat, Muskegon River, Newaygo, MI – Saturday, June 18

Annual One Day Retreat, Pere Marquette River, Baldwin, MI – Saturday, July 10

Annual Fall Classic Weekend, Pere Marquette River, Baldwin, MI – Friday, October 14 – Sunday, October 16

For more information or to sign-up, visit our website at www.FishOn.org or please email us at info@ReelingandHealing.org.

Come fly fish with us!  Fish On!

Dear Reeling & Healing Midwest,

Thank you for such a nice gathering of fishing people and most helpful guides.  Although I only felt a couple nibbles and didn’t hook one trout, it doesn’t matter to me.  What a wonderful way to cast one’s troubles and worries aside, to totally relax and take in our beautiful state and its rivers.  Thanks for all you do!  Wishing you the best with all future retreats.  I’ll be at another Reunion Retreat for sure.  Fish On!  Carol C, Big Rapids, MI

Reeling & Healing Midwest is heading to Crystal Mountain Resort in Thompsonville, MI from January 11-13, 2008 for our Third Annual Winter Retreat.

The “Pamper Your Inner Vixen” retreat will feature a guest speaker, Barb Badolati, from Alive & Well, spa treatments from The Looking Glass Spa, an interactive cooking class with Whole Foods Chef and Food & Lifestyle Counselor, Nancy Schwalm, African healing drumming with Rhythmic Adventures of Traverse City, MI, and a variety of outdoor and indoor activities to choose from.

It may be too cold to fly fish, but its always a good time to renew your spirit and hope and start the new year with a little pampering and fun. The plus is the camaraderie and support from new friends too.

Interested? We have a couple more openings available. Check out
our announcement and registration form for more details or phone 616-855-4017.

The October Retreat was fantastic! A wonderful group of survivors and volunteers eager to fish the Pere Marquette in search of brown trout, steelhead and salmon. The weather was amazing – better than last year when I had on four layers of clothing. I left the mittens and ear muffs at the river lodge and was in the river, helping guide, taking photos and listening to everyone’s story.

Read more about the retreat here.

I can’t wait for next year!

2007 was a fabulous year for Reeling and Healing Midwest.

Check out our 2007 Season Review and other retreat follow-ups. You can view photo and learn about what happened along the river banks. Follow this link to the main page and take time to check out the other links you find there.

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!

A great article about Reeling & Healing Midwest recently appeared in the July / August 2007 issue of Michigan Trout Magazine published by Michigan Council of Trout Unlimited. You can download a PDF of the article here.