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“Please will you thank everyone in the team for giving me the best weekend of my life.” CFR Participant
 

A message from the Countryside Alliance

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Kate Hoey MP

“The Countryside Alliance is delighted to be supporting this initiative, which will provide some much-needed restorative therapy for many brave women across the UK and Ireland”
Kate Hoey MP, Chairman, Countryside Alliance

How you can get involved

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Do you tie flies?

The next time you sit at the vice perhaps you can tie a dozen or so extra flies (barbless) suitable for small still water fishing or stream fishing

We would be grateful to receive them!

A vote of thanks to the below for donating flies to CfR UK & Ireland:

Fly Tiers from:
Isle of Man Fly Fishers
Bristol Flyfishers
UKFlyDressing.com
The fly-tiers at www.completefisher.com
Fly Dressers Forum 
UK Fly Dressing
Fly Dressers Forum
Fish & Fly Forum 

Also thanks for flies from:
'Cookie'
Brian White
John Horsfall
Chris Reeves of Crawley Fly Fishers Club
Hans Drost, who lives in Holland, has kindly donated a box of parachute-flies (Klinkies).
Ruard Janssen (member of De Poldervlieg Alkmaar)
Tim Bonner, the Countryside Alliance's Head of Media
Casper the fly/mouse from Don Ordes who lives in Casper, Wyoming.
Greg Payne  

Thanks to the following tiers (from all over Europe and as far afield as the US) donated flies resulting from their fly swap from the ukflydressing.com for sale/auction to raise funds for CFR
Roy Christie, host
Geoff Littler
Martin O'Laulghin
Dougie from Edinburgh
Dave Wiltshire
Mrs Jan Fishwife
Steve Jenkins
Niklas Dahlin, Sweden & BFFI 2008
Hans W - Mr Flytier Weilenmann
servicetech - Steve from Virginia, USA
Jock Scot
Mr Manymany Dereks
John Horsfall, Bristol FDG
Dunblane Fly Tying Club 


Use this link to find out more about donating flies .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A message from Orvis

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Perk Perkins of Orvis 

“I know I speak for many of our associates when I say that Orvis is immensely proud of the founding role it played in supporting Casting For Recovery in the US and now in the UK & Ireland.”
Perk Perkins, Orvis CEO

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2010 retreat schedule announced

CfR provides counselling, relaxation and angling tuitionThe 2010 schedule of retreats has been announced by Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland. The four-retreat programme for the year will begin at the Arundell Arms in Devon in late March. If you know of a lady who has, or has had, breast cancer, and feel they would enjoy a free retreat of relaxation, counselling and fly fishing, then please encourage them to apply now . (NB retreat places are allocated by ballot and are subject to medical clearance.)

Retreats

The 2010 retreat programme is now open for applications.

Date Venue
Accommodation
Venue
Cut-off Date
for Applications
26-28 March Arundell Arms, Lifton, Devon, England Arundell Arms, Lifton, Devon, England

15th February
CLICK HERE FOR THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM.
16 - 18 July Kimbridge on the Test, Kimbridge, Hampshire Kimbridge-on-the-Test

18th May
CLICK HERE FOR THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM.
17- 19 September Brookhall Trout Fishery, Lisburn, Co Antrim TBC

19th July
CLICK HERE FOR THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM.
24 - 26 September Forbes of Kingennie, Broughty Ferry, Angus Kingennie

26th July
CLICK HERE FOR THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM.

Places at retreats are allocated by ballot and are subject to medical clearance.

Welcome to Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland

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“I am a fly fisher, I have also suffered from breast cancer. It is my pleasure and privilege to introduce you to Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland. This initiative is the first of its kind to combine therapy and support for breast cancer patients with the gentle art of fly fishing. Casting for Recovery has been up and running in North America and Canada for several years now with an incredible success rate, so bringing the programme to the UK and Ireland was a natural step. We hope to be able to help and support as many ladies as possible through this initiative, and we also hope that they fall under the spell of fly fishing in the process - I certainly did.”
Sue Hunter, UK & Ireland Programme Co-ordinator, Casting for Recovery

What is Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland

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Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland is a non-profit support and educational programme which provides fly fishing retreats specifically tailored for women who have or have had breast cancer throughout the United Kingdom & Ireland. Casting for Recovery was founded in the US in 1996 and has since helped more than 2,500 breast cancer survivors. It has now been brought to the UK & Ireland by the England Ladies Flyfishing Association. The initiative is funded by the Countryside Alliance and all fly fishing equipment is funded by Orvis UK.

Please use this link to visit the Countryside Alliance website.