Kelly Bostian: Project Healing Waters helps veterans through fly-fishing

By KELLY BOSTIAN Outdoors | Posted: Sunday, February 2, 2014 12:00 am

Normally the experience on the water is the subject of a story set at a trout stream, but this one takes place, mostly, with a pair of vehicles idling in the parking lot at the power station on the west bank of the Lower Illinois River at Tenkiller Dam. It was cold and windy, but we just couldn't stay out of the river Thursday. First, without thought, I took a knee to belly a trout on my line while standing in knee-deep water. It would have been a slick move had I not lost the fish and failed to remember I had about $1,500 worth of camera gear dangling below my waist.

Sorry about that one, boss. Read More