United States Disabled Anglers, Org.

New Mobilty: The Magazine for Active Wheelchair Users 

 

Angling Quads By Ian Ruder (May 2011)

After a hunting accident left Ken Dvorchak a C3-4 quadriplegic, he experienced the same frustration many other high level quads have over their inability to partake equally in their favorite activities. For Dvorchak, a lifelong outdoorsman with a competitive streak, that meant not being able to fish with his friends.“

 

I had an electric retrieve reel, but that just wasn’t cutting it,” he says. “There was nothing on the market that actually allowed you to cast out your line and do everything by yourself. I didn’t like the idea of just using the electric retrieve reel because every time I would catch a fish my buddies would sit there and say you wouldn’t have caught it if I hadn’t cast it in such a great place.”

 

Read more at: http://www.newmobility.com/articleViewIE.cfm?id=11874

 

 

Napa Valley Register.com

 

Wheelchair Anglers Find Few Spots to Safely Fish – by Howard Yune (May 15, 2013)

 

For a paraplegic angler and his quadriplegic friend, the east end of River Park Boulevard in south Napa is their regular fishing spot, even as it also stands as a formidable barrier to their favorite diversion.

 

On Tuesday afternoon, Jim Elwood’s fishing reel rustled, the line flew outward and the anchovy bait plopped lightly into the Napa River. Then Eric Ruane began inching the hook toward the bank in search of a bite, giving a few quick pulls on a joystick attached to his wheelchair.

 

A few seconds earlier, Ruane’s fishing buddy, Jim Elwood, had cast the line a third of the way into the river, despite having to work from his own wheelchair nearly 30 feet behind the water. Then he had placed the rod into a plastic mount for Ruane to finish the job, using a special reel driven by a drum-shaped electric motor and a controller he pulled with his left hand — the 43-year-old Napan’s only movement below the neck since a motorcycle crash more than two decades ago.

 

Read more at: http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/wheelchair-anglers-find-few-spots-to-safely-fish/article_47cc3902-bdbe-11e2-bedf-0019bb2963f4.html

 

Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation: Today’s Care. Tomorrow’s Cure.

 

FREE National Parks Pass for People Living With Disabilities (May 21, 2012)

 

Planning a summer vacation? Go see some of our country's national parks!

When you visit a federal recreation site, just present some documentation of disability status and ask for the free Access Pass.

Documentation includes a physician's statement, or a document issued by a State or Federal agency like the Veteran's Administration, Social Security Disability Income, Supplemental Security Income, or a vocational rehabilitation agency. This pass gives you and three adults free admission to federal recreation sites around the country, and it's good for life!

For more details, or to find a recreation site, visit the National Park Service's Website (http://www.nps.gov/findapark/passes.htm) and here to select a park in your area (http://www.nps.gov/findapark/index.htm).

 

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Contact us and learn how people and/or veterans with disablities may receive a free "lifetime" or an annual "discounted" fishing permit in any of America's  50 states.