Klamath Falls, Oregon Project

You MADE a difference in his life! Teach a man to fish
and he will have peace for the rest of his life.
Thank you!!

Foster Parent, Oregon Project

 

Project Location

Klamath Falls, Oregon

 

Year Project Founded

2022

Project Lead Mentor

Turner Wilferth

 

Mentors on this team

11

Children mentored to date

11

 

Children to be mentored in 2025

6

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The outdoors have always been a form of therapy for me, and I hope to share that with our next generation. As a previous mentor in MFP, there is nothing more rewarding than seeing these kids take a love for fly fishing and continue to pursue it on their own.

Chuck Storey

Previous Lead Mentor, Klamath Falls, Oregon Project

Project Mentors

Chuck Storey, Previous Lead Mentor

Klamath Falls, Oregon

Growing up in Connecticut, Chuck gained a strong passion for fishing at a young age, even if it meant waking his dad up at 4:00am on a Saturday to go drill holes in a frozen lake.
He began teaching himself fly fishing at the age of 13. After a brief stint in the corporate world, he entered the professional guiding industry in 2016.

He now owns and operates an outfitter in Klamath Falls, Oregon and hosts trips to Alaska. In his free time, he enjoys mountain biking, backcountry skiing, waterfowl hunting, and backpacking.

Chuck sees guiding as more than just a job, but as a purpose. Guiding allows him to use his skills and passion to improve the lives of others, which led him to starting the Klamath Falls chapter of the Mayfly Project.

Kre Meyer, Co-Lead Mentor

Raised in southern Oregon (rogue valley) I have been fly fishing for almost twenty years. I spend a lot of time fishing for steelhead with classic flies, but I have spent quite a bit of time around Klamath and farther East for trout in the summers. I am a self employed historic hardscaping contractor specializing in rock work and metal fabrication. My son is almost three and loves to go fishing and riding his bicycle.

Turner Wilferth, Mentor

Originally from East Tennessee, my formative years were spent in the outdoors. In 2021, I made my way West to chase fish, snow, and views. If you don’t see me on our local waters, you can almost certainly find me wherever snow is falling.
I joined the Klamath Falls project in 2025 after spending 4 years with the Boise, ID chapter. I have continually come back to TMP for many of the reasons why I love fly fishing. The challenge, the community, places you’ll go, skills you’ll learn, and so much more, are components to fly fishing that I love to pass down to our next generation of outdoors men and women who will hopefully carry on the tradition and share it with others as well.