GIRLS GONE FISHING

As seen in HARBORS inflight magazine March/April 2014

Girls Gone Fishing

Everyone is familiar with the axiom, ‘Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach him to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.”

But what happens when you teach a woman to fish ... ?

Fishing is thrilling and fun in an indelible way. Most people can tell you the specifics of the first fish they caught: even if it was decades ago.

But today women make up only about one-quarter of all anglers in North America. 

What keeps women from fishing more often? Having the right skills and equipment. Getting to the right place. The perceived ickiness of it.

Our mission was to bust this myth (if you’ll pardon the pun!) so Harbors Editor Susan Colby and I set out for the famed Campbell River, BC fishing grounds.

Read the complete article here