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What a wonderful way to raise money for this extraordinary charity.

Her Gear: Michelle Whitney Bodenheimer relates to why it’s important to support companies that fund Breast Cancer Awareness month. Find out the gear she’s tried and recommends.

Babbs looks back to fishing on a stream with her friend, who beat breast cancer and lived to fish again.

The Cabela’s in La Vista, Neb. is hosting a “Ladies Day Out” on October 5, 2013.

A few days ago, I launched my new film called “The Evolution of An Angler,” and then I took cover, waiting for the fallout. You see, the film is the story of my journey from childhood to present. I revisit how my view of the world evolves over time with experience and with the need to ask myself hard questions.

More and more women in Maine are looking to the outdoors for fun and recreation.  There is a rise in interest in hunting, fishing and other sporting activities once dominated by men, among women. In a recent interview on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network, host Keith Shortall was joined by the following luminaries in the outdoor world: […]

I don’t get easily offended. Not anymore. Not after raising three sons and living a military lifestyle that took us everywhere. But I am disgusted during the month of October when people try to be oh-so-clever with the breast cancer awareness campaigns that use edgy, vulgar and/or juvenile slogans. You know what I mean: using words like tatas, rack, boobs. All inserted in cutesy slogans that Madison Avenue feeds us. The type of phrases that 7th grade boys would wear on their bracelets because they can now get away with wearing the word “boob” in school.

Here’s something you don’t hear about everyday. The organization Sisters on the Fly will be undertaking a “Sister2Sister” cross country relay to transport a vintage trailer to the winner of the vintage trailer raffle. The trailer needs to be towed from McCall, Idaho, to Columbia, New Jersey. As a National Sponsor of Casting for Recovery, Sisters on […]

“I have fished around the world – catching-and-releasing some of the most prized species of game fish on earth. What makes a destination memorable for me is not the numbers of fish I will catch, but rather the experience of being immersed in a new culture and learning about global issues (in particular, fresh water conservation and pollution).” ~Kathryn Maroun

A Graceful Rise: Women in Fly Fishing Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, the first large-scale exhibition to celebrate women’s contributions to fly fishing, opens Saturday, June 11, at The American Museum of Fly Fishing in Manchester, Vermont. This landmark exhibit honors the key roles women have played in fly-fishing history, as well as how these pioneers […]

Casting for Recovery (CFR), a national, non-profit support and educational program for women Casting for Recovery is proud to announce that long-time volunteer Bonnie Holding was the recipient of the Third Annual L.L. Bean Outdoor Heroes Award at a ceremony held at Evergreen Campgrounds in Solon, ME on June 18, 2010. Each year L.L. Bean […]

We are very proud to announce that the 2010 recipient of Trout Unlimited’s Coy C. Kaylor Conservation Award is Kerri Russell, Volunteer Program Coordinator of CFR-Arkansas! Here are some remarks from the TU Banquet presentation: “In 2002, the Arkansas Chapter of Trout Unlimited created the Coy C. Kaylor Conservation Award which is given at the […]

If you need a reason to wet a line or even take up the fishing hobby we found 11 of them in this article at Outdoor Empire.

She lay on the couch in her living room, scarf around her head, eyes sunken, looking gray as a cloudy day. “As soon as I get well, we’re going fishing again,” said my friend Nancy. She’d had chemo treatment # 8 or #9 the day before this one. We were both thinking about fishing, though […]