St. Louis, Missouri Project
“This was the best day of my life!”
Mentee, The Mayfly Project
Project Location
St. Louis
Year Project Founded
2027
Project Lead Mentor
Alan Hautly
Co-Lead Mentor
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Children mentored to date
TBD
Children to be mentored in 2027
8
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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
Alan Hautly , LEAD MENTOR
I retired in 2019 after running our family business in St. Louis. Born and raised in Kirkwood, MO, I was taught to fish by my neighbor who bought me my first 3-piece bamboo cane pole (which I still own.) Have been fishing ever since, started fly fishing and tying (if you could call it that at the time) when I was an early teen. Have mostly bass fished my adult life until I retired and got back into fly fishing, and also fly tying. Joined Flyfishers at the Crossing, where I learned about TMP. I have enjoyed getting a fly rod back in my hand and look forward to helping as a Lead Mentor and giving back to the youth that need our assistance.