“To Everything-Turn, Turn, Turn”

by Heidi Meares

In 1965, folk-rock band The Byrds, lit up the music scene with some lyrics borrowed from the Good Book itself: “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.” With nothing but a sneeze between me and 40, I can say with total confidence I have found that to be true—in both life and fly-fishing. I personally believe it is living in the tension of this truth, and our fundamental inability to control it, that causes many sleepless nights, chiropractor visits, and break-ups. And yet, there is freedom to be had if we dare to embrace it.

Anyone who has spent some time outdoors, be it waist-deep in a clear stream or elbow-deep in the soil of a field, can attest to the indisputable evidence of change at work. Water moves, wind moves, the sun moves, and we move. We move in large ways, like state-to-state, as well as in small ways, like from opposite sides of the couch to alongside each other. The question is, what do we do when things change? At times we are the initiators of change, but often it initiates us.

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It’s Just Fishing.

by Whiteny Milhoan

“I knew joy when I landed my first trout.”
– Casting for Recovery participant

The best part about my job is witnessing the joy that comes with learning to fish.

Casting for Recovery provides free fly fishing experiences for women facing breast cancer. These fly fishing retreats are often the grounding, renewing, empowering physical and emotional release that the women who attend have been needing.

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