Giving Tuesday Success!

by Joanna | Dec 8, 2025 | Conservation, Events, Foster Care, Mentoring, Mentors

We hit our Giving Tuesday goal!!! Nationally, with all of our projects combined, we were able to reach $31,000! If that isn’t an example of team-work making the dream-work, we don’t know what is! Our projects did an amazing job connecting with their...

Giving Tuesday, 2025! Help The Mayfly Project Reach $10,000 for Youth in Foster Care

by Joanna | Nov 24, 2025 | Conservation, Events, Fly Fishing, Grant, Mentoring, Mentors

This Giving Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025, The Mayfly Project is rallying our community to raise $10,000 to support youth in foster care through the healing power of fly fishing. We believe that every child deserves meaningful outdoor experiences—places where they can...

Mayfly Project Mentors Bring Healing to Veterans in The River’s Gift

by Joanna | Nov 13, 2025 | Fly Fishing, Mentoring

If you’re ready to explore how a river can become a classroom for resilience, why nature might just be the greatest therapist, and how community forms one cast at a time — this story is for you. Rowell, Jake, and Andre are all Lead or Co-Lead Mentors for TMP and we...

Casting Hope: How Fly Fishing is Changing Lives in New Mexico

by Joanna | Nov 13, 2025 | Conservation, Fly Fishing, Foster Care, Mentoring, Mentors

Under the open New Mexico sky, something unexpected is unfolding—a quiet revolution in the world of outdoor education where fly fishing isn’t just a leisure pursuit, but a lifeline. Young participants are stepping into rivers and streams with borrowed rods and a...

West Michigan Mayfly Project Helps Foster Kids One Cast at a Time

by Joanna | Nov 13, 2025 | Fly Fishing, Foster Care, Mentoring, Mentors, News & Updates

There’s a quiet moment that changes everything—a still river, the flick of a fly line, and a child standing a little taller after just one cast. In a world where kids in foster care often feel like they’re adrift, The Mayfly Project offers something different: a safe...

Coeur d’Alene is Casting for a Cause

by Joanna | Nov 13, 2025 | Conservation, Fly Fishing, Foster Care, Mentoring, Mentors

With mentors casting lines and guiding hands, kids who’ve faced instability and trauma are being introduced to the quiet confidence of trout-streams, knot-tying and conservation. In the process, they’re not just catching fish — they’re discovering their own strength,...