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More Than Just a Hatch: Mother's Day, Giving, and Healing

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More Than Just a Hatch: Mother's Day, Giving, and Healing
Every dollar raised sends a woman in treatment or recovery on a life-changing CfR retreat and gets behind TU Costa 5 Rivers Clubs, the next generation of conservation-minded anglers. (Photo courtesy of Casting for Recovery)

For some fly anglers, the mention of Mother's Day brings back cherished memories of our moms, some who even influenced or aided our journey into fly fishing. For others, the mention signals an incredible time on the springtime calendar out West when an epic caddis hatch occurs in some spots.

But for some, the mention of the day honoring our moms brings somber feelings, sad thoughts of illness and loss, and the scourge of breast cancer that claims the lives of 42,000+ women every year in the U.S. Thankfully, many women survive their breast cancer diagnosis, and that's where the...

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