“Thank you for taking me fishing. I really love to go whenever I can.”
Driftless Region, Iowa Project
Lead Mentors: Holden Asmus
Project location: Northeast Iowa/Driftless Region
Year project founded: 2019
Mentors on this team: 3–Currently open for more mentors to apply.
Children mentored to date: 1
Children to be mentored in 2021: 3-8
Local foster care partners: Four Oaks, and searching for further local connections.
Local companies that support this project: Driftless Flyathlon for their support and allowing us to talk to their participants about TMP in Iowa!
Currently looking for sponsors and support for 2020!
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Project Mentors
HOLDEN ASMUS
Hampton, Iowa
Holden grew up in a small agricultural town in North Central Iowa. He has followed his career in Agriculture, and still lives in his home state. His love for fly fishing grew with trips to Montana with his father and grandfather. Now, he fly fishes all over the Midwest for anything from trout to muskies. He is very excited to spread the joy of fly fishing as the Lead Mentor for the Iowa Mayfly Project!
CHRISTIAN MIRANDA, MENTOR
Chicago, Illinois
Growing up in Connecticut, Christian didn’t start fishing until high school, but he caught the bug. Only 13 minutes from great fishing on the Farmington River, he went any time he could. After graduating college in Ohio, he returned to Connecticut to teach at a private boarding middle school. Luckily, it was on 148 acres with plenty of streams to fish. Now, living in Chicago and teaching high school English near the West Side, Christian loves finding fishing spots all over Illinois and Wisconsin. With his years of teaching experience and passion for fly fishing, he is ready to jump into the role of mentor for the Driftless Region Mayfly Project!
News & Events
It’s Giving Tuesday, 2023!!
November 28th, 2023 is Giving Tuesday, an important day for TMP where we work together to raise funds for 2024 Projects! If you cannot donate, please share our fundraisers with your friends and family. It takes a village!!! More Exciting News:We have a donor that will...
We’re Thankful for YOU!
As the founders of The Mayfly Project, our belief in the power of fly fishing and mentorship grows exponentially every season because of the wonderful leads and mentors joining our teams. The village of TMP is held together by our leads and mentors who make the time...
Virginia Department of Wildlife Services Support!
Our Virginia Projects were thrilled to receive grant support from the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources this season! Because of their generosity, we were able to introduce fly fishing, teach our conservation initiative, and make the outdoors more accessible...
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