Spokane fly fisherman Josh Mills has helped raise about $20,000 for victims of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. Mills, and other anglers inspired by his example, are tying flies and then auctioning them off. The money is going to a non-profit that works in the Bahamas. (Josh Mills / COURTESY)
It was a simple calculation.
“My ability to tie flies and sell them far outpaces my ability to write big checks,” Josh Mills said.
Last week Mills, an avid fly fisherman with a “decent” following on Instagram (3,395 followers) watched as Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas. As of Wednesday, about 2,500 people were still missing, with at minimum 50 deaths. Thousands of homes were destroyed and flooding left the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama Island “nearly uninhabitable,” the New York Times reported Wednesday.
