WOMEN recovering from breast cancer are among those being invited to take up fly fishing.
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The Greenwells Fly Fishing Club is running an introductory course and it says women with breast cancer would benefit from giving it a go.
“Doctors have actually recommended women take up the sport because it forces you to use your chest muscles in a certain way and tends to stretch those muscles out,” member Ben Nieuwerth said.
“Up near Dartmouth they have women’s fly fishing competitions every year and there’s a number of breast-cancer survivors involved.”
Mr Nieuwerth said fly fishing was more exciting than fishing from a boat because fishermen had to actually hunt their prey.
“You walk along the river looking for a fish and once you spot one you tie an artificial bug, like a grasshopper, onto the end and try to draw the fish towards you,” he said.
The course covers rod, reel, line and leader selection, river and lake craft, insect identification, fly tying, casting instruction and choosing the right fly for the conditions.
It costs $130 a person and will be held on October 23 and 28 at the Greenwells’ club rooms, finishing with a camping trip to the Mitta River on the weekend of October 31.
For more information, phone John Hawkins on (02) 6025 1838 or Scott Walters on (02) 6023 1222.