How fly fishing helped one father heal from trauma

WBUR

Published July 24, 2026 at 11:06 AM CDT

A father who lost his son to addiction found healing through fly fishing’s meditative nature, and now he shares it with people recovering from addiction.

GBH’s Craig LeMoult reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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