Who are Fishing for Heroes?

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Fishing for Heroes was founded in 2009 by Tom Hill and Capt. Tony Spacey after a chance meeting at the 2008 Game Fair.

Tom has worked with people with behavioural problems and learning disabilities in the past. He now owns the Devon and UK Fly fishing school and is one of the country’s leading fly fishing instructors. He is a well known and much respected game angler in the South West.

Tony is a former soldier who has gone on to have a successful business career. He is a passionate game fisher and shot and he can be found touring the UK’s trout fisheries trying for as yet his illusive double figure trout and during the winter he can be found out with his dogs on the shooting estates of England.

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Support for service people

Tom was already providing free fly fishing courses for veterans sent to him by the RBL and Combat Stress and Tony’s companies was already donating significant amounts of money to veteran’s welfare charities.

Both Tom and Tony wanted to do something more for the thousands of British and Commonwealth military veterans who get little or no help from any other source and so Fishing for Heroes was born.