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Every fly-fisher carries with him, closer to his heart than even his fly box, a memory of that idyllic day on the river when his line, the water, and even the fish seemed to function as a single, perfect whole. The story usually culminates in catching the legendary fish (which grows bigger on each telling), but if you can get the fisherman to really explore the experience, you’ll learn the catch was only part of the magic. The rest of it — the tranquility, the solitude, the b

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SEATTLE — There’s a new weapon in the war against breast cancer. It’s not a new medicine. It’s not a new procedure. It’s… fly fishing? Marie Tobin is a breast cancer patient, and she credits several things with making her a breast cancer survivor. She said early detection through a self-exam was key. But since then, she’s been through two surgeries, radiation twice, and chemotherapy in a pill form. And now, fly fishing. On Saturday, she’ll cast on the Yakima River with 11 oth

Cle Elum — This fly fishing trip down the Cle Elum and Yakima River is more than just a one day adventure, it’s the end of a long journey.Amy Clise, Breast Cancer survivor says, “This is something totally new.”Clise has never been fly fishing but she’s up for the challenge. She’s part of a group of women spending the day on the river as part of Northwest Hospital’s breast cancer treatment. Charles Cooper, fly fishing guide says, “Its more the adventure of going down the river

SEATTLE – When Gene Montgomery was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he knew he didn’t want to go through the pain and recovery of surgery. Thanks to Seattle’s newest technology, he didn’t have to. “It was so easy going, you wondered if the machine was doing any good or not. It was that easy,” laughed Montgomery. Swedish Medical Center is now using what’s called a CyberKnife. The $4 million robotic arm was the first of its kind in the Pacific Northwest. It sends out precise dos

On Saturday, Prothero and seven other women will take a fly-fishing trip down the Yakima River. The women have all had breast cancer. Dr. Sandra Vermeulen, a radiation oncologist at Northwest and avid fly fisher for 13 years, recruited them for the outing. Vermeulen and her husband have fished rivers and streams in Spain, England, Washington and Idaho. The activity is engrossing, the scenery beautiful, she says. But Vermeulen has a more specific goal in mind. Fly-fishing, wit