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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 - Chairman, Countryside Alliance

“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

Also flies from:
'Cookie'
Brian White
John Horsfall
Ken Muter
Ian Gough
Rothbury Fly Tying Group
Alice Conba
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

Use this link to find out more about donating flies .

Volunteer

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A message from The England Ladies Flyfishing Association

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Wendy Milller, Chair of the England Ladies Flyfishing Association

The England Ladies Flyfishing Association is extremely proud to launch CFR UK & Ireland and to take the lead in this thrilling initiative.
Wendy Miller, Chair England Ladies Flyfishing Association

A message from Orvis

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“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

 

Scotland looks forward to its first ever Casting for Recovery retreat

On Tuesday 6th May 2008 The Glasgow Herald published an article by angling journalist Gordon Mack on the Casting for Recovery programme, looking ahead to the first ever Scottish retreat in 2009. Read Gordon's article, Taking a new angle in breast cancer treatment, here .

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 bought 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.

To learn more about the England Ladies Flyfishing Association use this link to visit their website.

Please use this link to visit the Countryside Alliance website.

Retreats

Forthcoming retreats:

Image 19th - 21st September 2008 - Brookhall Trout Fishery in Lisburn, Co Antrim. Ladies from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are invited to apply (applications in by 23rd June).

 

 

 Image 28th-30th September 2008 - Duncton Mill Retreat , Petworth, West Sussex (applications to arrive by 23rd June. This retreat was originally to be held from 15-17 September.)

 

 

 

 

Previous retreats. Click here for voices and retreat photo galleries

Participants and staff celebrate the first ever retreat, held at Duncton in West Sussex The first Casting for Recovery retreat took place from 17th to 19th September 2007 in the beautiful surroundings of the Duncton Mill Fishery with accommodation at Duncton Mill Retreat. Check the gallery for photographs.

 

 

  

Arundell Arms owner Anne Voss-Bark with participantsFrom 28-30 March 2008 - A successful retreat took place at The Arundell Arms , Lifton, Devon. Check the gallery for photographs.

 

 

 

 

Caer Beris retreat participants11-13 April 2008 - 14 partipants (and Molly the spaniel mascot) enjoyed a wonderful retreat at the Caer Beris Manor Hotel , Builth Wells, Powys, with the fishing at the nearby Llyn Gwyn fishery. View the gallery .

 

 

 

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CfR organisers Sue Hunter and Sue Shaw