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There\u2019s no doubt in this angler\u2019s mind\u2014fishing is great\nfor the soul. If I\u2019ve had a hard week at work or I\u2019m dealing with personal challenges,\nan afternoon on the water is just the boost I need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here in Boise, a national nonprofit organization<\/a> has established a chapter aimed at helping local kids in need experience the mental health benefits of fishing. The Mayfly Project of Boise<\/a> helps kids in foster care, adopted children, and kids involved with Idaho Relatives as Parents by teaching them how to fly-fish. Mayfly Project mentors teach kids the basics of casting, fish handling, river conservation, entomology and more, helping them establish a relationship with Idaho\u2019s great outdoors through a series of five lessons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The local chapter has 20 volunteers who devote their time\nand talents to mentoring. The first four lessons are 3-to-4-hour trips, and the\nfifth outing is an all-day adventure. Each angler who completes the course\nreceives a new fly rod, reel, line, backing, tippet, leaders, flies, a net and\npolarized sunglasses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFishing and being outdoors have been shown to improve our\noverall well-being and be a powerful tool to combat mental health issues,\u201d said\nKimberly Cordero, LCSW, Mayfly Project Boise\u2019s lead mentor and owner of NView\nBehavioral Health Clinic of Idaho. \u201cWe just completed our second year of\nmentoring Treasure Valley kiddos, and it was amazing!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Mayfly Project provides mentorship through volunteers\nand gear is provided through fundraised dollars, making the entire experience\nfree for participants and their guardians. According to Cordero, the\norganization\u2019s biggest need is recruiting kids to participate. If you know\nsomeone who may be a good fit for the program\u2014or if you\u2019d like to get involved\nby volunteering or donating\u2014visit themayflyproject.com\/boise<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fishing has helped me get through many difficult times in my life. I wish the Mayfly Project all the best in helping bring those same healing benefits to kids in our community. Tight lines! J<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There\u2019s no doubt in this angler\u2019s mind\u2014fishing is great for the soul. If I\u2019ve had a hard week at work or I\u2019m dealing with personal challenges, an afternoon on the water is just the boost I need. Here in Boise, a national nonprofit organization has established a chapter aimed at helping local kids in need…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2062"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2069,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062\/revisions\/2069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}