“I just caught so many fish, it was ridiculous!”
Little Rock, Arkansas Methodist Children’s Home Project
Project Lead Mentor: Nick Grisham
Project location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Year project founded: 2019
Mentors on this team: 13
Children mentored to date: 36
Children to be mentored in 2024: 10
Local foster care partners: Methodist Children’s Home
Local companies that support this project: Riggs CAT, Riggs Outdoors, BR McGinty, Nativ, and River Valley Horticulture.
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Little Rock, Arkansas Methodist Children’s Home Project
The Mayfly Project does so much more for the kids than teach them about fly fishing, conservation and the outdoors. TMP connects with the youth of our area in a caring, meaningful way to show each and every kid that they are loved. Our mentors are well equipped to teach each kid the fundamentals of fly fishing while enjoying all aspects of the outdoors. I’ve seen that the program helps the mentees use fly fishing and the outdoors as a way to relax, get their mind off of daily struggles and even gain self-confidence.
Project Mentors
NICK GRISHAM, LEAD MENTOR
Conway, Arkansas
Nick was born and raised in the state of Arkansas and has always loved being outdoors, however, has only been fly fishing since 2014. Even in that short time, Nick has gained a passion for fly fishing and the river. Being able to use that passion of fly fishing and helping others is what gravitated him towards The Mayfly Project. In his spare time, Nick enjoys spending time and traveling with his beautiful wife, Charity, and 2 kids, Finley and Witt.
ANNETTE HURLEY
CHARITY GRISHAM
Conway, Arkansas
MADISON LOTER
HOLLIE SANDERS
MICHAEL STARKEY
JOHN PINEDA, MENTOR
JIM SHENEP, MENTOR
News & Events
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...
Annual Buy a Fly Fundraiser is Live!!!
Join us for our Annual Buy a Fly Online Fundraiser !!! From Sep 29th to Oct 31st, purchase a fly/flies and receive free chances to win awesome prizes! Purchase Options: Select the item you would like to try to win and then purchase the flies associated with that...
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Little Rock, Arkansas Methodist Children’s Home Project
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