Fort Myers, Florida Project
This was the best day of my life!
Mentee, The Mayfly Project
Project Location
Fort Myers, Florida
Year Project Founded
2026
Project Lead Mentor
Jeff Grossman
Co-Lead Mentor
Nadine Nehls
Mentors on this team
Looking for mentors!
Children mentored to date
TBD
Children to be mentored in 2026
TBD
Local foster care partners
Currently searching for Foster Care Partners!
Local companies that support this project
The Project will be based in the membership of the Sanibel FlyFishers Club, a local chapter of Fly Fishers International.
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At the end of our program, I received a thank you note from my mentee. He enjoyed the time we spent together on the water and mentioned that ‘he didn’t know fishing could be so fun’! It was his first-time fishing and admitted that he considered fishing ‘boring’ and that he didn’t want to do it. His perspective changed after our time together on the water. We talked conservation and he jumped right in to help keep the lake clean. His favorite part, of course, was his ‘First catch’! The note included pictures of us and it filled me with happiness and a few of those ‘happy tears’!
Mentor from The Mayfly Project
Project Mentors
Jeff Grossman, LEAD MENTOR
| Fly fishing has immeasurably enriched Jeff’s retirement years and he gets great joy in sharing the sport with others, especially young people. He has the luxury of fishing Wisconsin’s spring creeks and bass lakes in the summer and the salt water of SW Florida in the winter. He is an active member of the Sanibel FlyFishers, a club dedicated to education, conservation and community building. The club looks forward to engaging with kids who might otherwise not have the opportunity to both enjoy and learn to protect our wonderful and fragile environment. |