Helping disabled veterans heal through fly fishing

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NORMAN MOODY

Jason Redler patiently watched and encouraged Russ Marek as he slowly wrapped thread around a fish hook and feathers to craft a fishing fly.

Redler is a volunteer instructor with Project Healing Waters, an organization that works to help in the physical and psychological rehabilitation of military veterans with disabilities from wars.

Marek, 43, of Viera, lost his right leg and right arm and suffered a brain injury and burns over 20 percent of his body,Ā as well as other injuries when a roadside bomb exploded under his tank during a mission on hire vetsSept. 16, 2005 in Iraq.

“It helps me out, and it helps someone else,” said Redler, a Gulf War veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. “It helps both of us out.”

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