“I can’t wait to show everyone the pictures of the fish I caught!”
Atlanta, Georgia Project
Project Lead Mentor: Zach Yauch
Project Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Year Project Founded: 2020
Mentors on this team: 10
Children mentored to date: Project kicking off 2020
Children to be mentored in 2020: 7-8
Local foster care partners: Chosen for Life Ministries
Local companies that support this project: The Fish Hawk, Fly Shop Atlanta GA / Unicoi Outfitters, Fly Shop Helen, GA, and searching for local partnerships for 2020.
Contact us about this project: kaitlin@themayflyproject.com
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Atlanta, Georgia Project
Georgia foster care children deserve an escape from the everyday, with our amazing mentors and fly fishing community in Georgia, we are going to provide the kids with a much needed break from the trials and turbulence of their current situations and give them a new love and respect for the outdoors and the healing potential nature can provide.
Project Mentors
ZACH YAUCH, LEAD MENTOR
Atlanta, Georgia
An Arizona born but Georgia raised angler, Zach was brought up on spin fishing in the North Georgia mountains. Using skills his grandfather taught him, he quickly became a dedicated fly angler. Now Zach resides in Jefferson, GA. Where he travels for his job and fishes all over the country. A multispecies angler, who looks for any opportunity to teach and share his love for this great sport. His grandfather was a great mentor in life and fishing, with this in mind, Zach is eager to be the same type of mentor to children in need as his grandfather was to him.
News & Events
Foster Care to Fly Fishing, with Jackie Prock
“There was so much going on in my life that was out of my control, so I gravitated to the outdoors to find control. It became a place where I could go to find some peace and away from life’s confusion and uncertainties [from life in foster care],” Jackie Prock said....
4th Annual ONE FLY EVENT
We are thrilled to announce we have 14 new projects kick-starting next year across the country! Since we do not require our new projects to fund-raise, we rely on our community and national fundraisers to support these projects. Please participate in our ONE FLY...
From Foster Care to Fly Fishing, Meet Mentor, Breezy Johnston
Breezy Johnston, mentor for Pikes Peak, CO project, talks about life in foster care and how fly fishing has become her home-base. We are thrilled to have Breezy joining our team and are so thankful for her willingness to share. We are inspired by folks who have been through the trenches and have found their niche in the world!
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