Girls Gone Fly Fishing Weekend gets a double thumbs up

Until recently, I thought I was the only female fly fisher in Australia because I’d never seen another woman out on the water. But that all changed when I was introduced to Val Young and discovered Girls Gone Fly Fishing.

Girls Gone Fly Fishing (GGFF) is an initiative started by Val and a handful of other passionate fly anglers committed to growing the Australian female fly fishing community. Every year since 2015 the Girls Gone Fly Fishing team host a women’s fly fishing event at Peter Hayes’s (legendary Australian fly angler) lodge in Cressy, Tasmania. So, when Val invited me to take part in the 2018 shindig I jumped at the chance. It was an incredible weekend of fun and friendship, so I decided to write about it in the hope that it inspires more women to get into fly fishing. You can read all about it here on Peter Hayes Website.

All the crazy gang who organised and took part in the 2018 Girls Gone Fly Fishing weekend.