Retired colonel Jesse Scott invented a device to help those with lost limbs tie fishing flies with one hand.

Fishing lines fly with the help of Boeing engineers! Boeing employee Michael Daniels was severely injured while serving in Iraq in 2007 after an explosive device detonated during anti-terrorism training.

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By Bruce Folger: Jesse Scott of the Evergreen Fly Fishing Club is the inventor and developer of the Evergreen Hand. The hand is a device that allows a tier who is missing a hand or arm to use fly tying equipment. It can also be used by persons who are partially paralyzed. Jesse won the 2009 Letcher Lambuth Angling Craftsmanship Award in recognition of his contribution to handicapped tiers