The healing power of fly-fishing
By Scott Condon -Aspen Daily News
When Aspen resident Joey Carlson talks about the healing power of fly-fishing, it isn’t a theoretical, abstract claim. As a former drug addict, he attests to fly-fishing playing an important role in his recovery from years of being in the grip of heroin and cocaine.
There’s a calming influence from being on the water and falling into an enchanting, rhythmic spell of casting and mending a line, said Carlson, a therapist at MidValley Family Practice in Basalt and a fly-fishing guide at Aspen Outfitting Co.
Fly-fishing teaches people to take stock of their environment and the constantly changing conditions on the river. If a person lets it, the experience will allow them to slow down and set aside the pressures of life for a while. READ ON
