A GLOBAL SUCCESS STORY

Ross Purnell, editor ross@flyfisherman.com

ON JUNE 5, 2023, THE HISTORIC ALLENBERRY THEATER IN BOILING SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIA WAS BUZZING WITH EXCITEMENT. THE LOBBY WAS PACKED WITH PEOPLE BUYING RAFFLE TICKETS IN SUPPORT OF THE NONPROFIT WARRIORS & QUIET WATERS. THE SEATS WERE RAPIDLY FILLING WITH A CROSS-SECTION OF AMERICAN DEMOGRAPHICS, MALE AND FEMALE, YOUNG AND OLD. THERE WERE SOME YOUNG HOTSHOT FLY SLINGERS, AND SOME OLDER GUYS I RECOGNIZED FROM THE LOCAL TROUT UNLIMITED CHAPTERS. MANY IN THE AUDIENCE HAD READ ABOUT THE FILM AND THIS PREMIERE EVENT IN THE PREVIOUS ISSUE OF FLY FISHERMAN. Some were there in support of veterans’ mental health, others to see a first screening of a film with big-name stars like Brian Cox, Wes Studi, and Patricia Heaton. And director Joshua Caldwell was in attendance to join a post-film panel…

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Fly Fisherman (Digital) - 1 Issue, June/July 2024

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