Fly-fishing program for veterans casting bigger net for new members in N.L.

Those of us with no military experience will never be able to grasp the full effect of what many of our veterans deal with on a daily basis, particularly once they return to civilian life.

Oh, we support them. Absolutely.

And we can probably imagine what they went through and continue to struggle with, both physically and emotionally. But that's about as far as our understanding can take us.

Several volunteer programs and events across Canada aim to assist those who, as has been stated many times, "at one point in his or her life wrote a blank cheque to their country for an amount up to and including their lives."

One such program takes place Thursday afternoons in Mount Pearl during the winter.