Richmond, Virginia Project
“This was the best day of my life!”
Mentee, The Mayfly Project
Project Location
Richmond, Virginia
Year Project Founded
2026
Project Lead Mentor
Judith Edwards
Co-Lead Mentor
Tim Jackson
Mentors on this team
Looking for mentors!
Children mentored to date
TBD
Children to be mentored in 2026
3
Local foster care partners
Currently searching for Foster Care Partners!
Local companies that support this project
Fly Fishers of VA, a FFI club will sponsor one child. Both Orvis Richmond Store, and REI Richmond Store have expressed interest in helping. We are hoping for financial support from Dominion Power.
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At the end of our program, I received a thank you note from my mentee. He enjoyed the time we spent together on the water and mentioned that ‘he didn’t know fishing could be so fun’! It was his first-time fishing and admitted that he considered fishing ‘boring’ and that he didn’t want to do it. His perspective changed after our time together on the water. We talked conservation and he jumped right in to help keep the lake clean. His favorite part, of course, was his ‘First catch’! The note included pictures of us and it filled me with happiness and a few of those ‘happy tears’!
Mentor from The Mayfly Project
Project Mentors
Judi Edwards , LEAD MENTOR
| I grew up outside of Buffalo, NY, relocated to Richmond for grad school in 1981 and never left. I started Flyfishing about 30 years ago, fished sporadically until retirement…and now my husband and I fish regularly. I’ve mentored with the Pearisburg Project and found Mayfly allows me to bring together my love of kids, and my love of Flyfishing. I am looking forward to opening our Richmond, VA chapter |