Nashville, Tennessee Project
Lead Mentor: Rob Walls
Project location: Nashville, Tennessee
Year project founded: 2019
Mentors on this team: 12
Children mentored to date: 8
Children to be mentored in 2022: 5-7
Local foster care partners: Department of Health and Welfare
Local companies that support this project: Currently searching for local support.
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Nashville, Tennessee Project
Fly fishing helps me slow down, focus, and prioritize my thoughts. I would like to share this joy with others and have a special place in my heart for kids. I feel called to help children “be all that they can be”, be successful, be proud and know that they have great worth, that they can be loved and that they can love things.
Project Mentors
ROB WALLS, LEAD MENTOR
Franklin, Tennessee
A native of East Tennessee, Rob became interested in fly fishing as a “therapeutic escape” from hectic professional school life-and found a whole new life. He currently lives in Nashville, TN with his wife and kids, fishes around the South East and West as much as possible. His days are spent “pursuing wellness” with children and families as a pediatric occupational therapist and dreaming of the next great adventure. Rob really looks forward to building something wonderful with The Mayfly Project in MUSIC CITY!
DAVID DAILY
Franklin, Tennessee
At 19 my college buddy from Montana taught me to fly fish for trout in Tennessee not knowing that there’s hardly any trout in Tennessee. So after about 10 trips of not catching trout we found a local fly shop and figured out where to go. Now 35 years later Tennessee has some great trout fishing and I love sharing it with new and old friends.
BRUNO MARCAL POCO
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Bruno started fly-fishing at the age of 13 while growing up in South Africa. A few years later he started his first job as a commercial fly-tier. Since then he Has caught over 50 species on fly and loves to travel around the world chasing native species. In South Africa he worked as a middle school art teacher until he moved to the USA 5 years ago. Since then he has worked as an climbing and kayak guide and instructor around the country. Now residing in Chattanooga, Tennessee, he continues to teach. You are sure to find him on local rivers and streams with a fly rod in hand during his free time. He can’t wait to share his passion of fly-fishing with others and is a proud mentor of The Mayfly Project.
News & Events
Thank You to our DUN Sponsors!
Thank you to our Dun Sponsors for supporting TMP in 2022! Our Dun sponsors were a huge support for our 2022 projects! Huge thanks to Cortland, Loon Outdoors, Orvis, and Bass Pro for donating gear, providing a huge discount for our projects or giving monetarily....
Giving Tuesday, November 29th, 2022!!
Thank you for being an integral part of The Mayfly Project this year! When we say, "It takes a village," we truly mean it! This year we added 9 new projects and 106 new mentors, and served over 380 children in foster care! That's 1,900 days on the water this year,...
Interview with TMP Lead and Clinical Social Worker, Kimberly Cordero
Kimberly Cordero brought The Mayfly Project to Boise two years ago and is our lead mentor for this project. We are also honored to have her as a TMP sounding board to ensure we are creating safe projects for the kids we mentor nationally. Kimberly is not just a great...
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