Casting For Recovery, founded in 1996, is a national non-profit support and educational program for women who have or have had breast cancer. CFR provides an opportunity for women whose lives have been profoundly affected by the disease to gather in a beautiful, natural setting and learn fly-fishing, "a sport for life." Just as importantly, they offer an opportunity to meet new friends and have fun.

CFR offers free retreats throughout the country, incorporating counseling, educational services and the sport of fly-fishing to promote mental and physical healing. Fly fishing techniques provide a gentle exercise for joint and soft tissue mobility. The dynamics of fly fishing provide a healing connection to the natural world, relieving everyday stress and promoting a sense of calm. These retreats also offer a forum for women with similar experiences to meet, learn a new skill and gain a respite from their everyday concerns. Any woman who has experienced breast cancer is eligible to attend a retreat (with medical clearance from their physicians). Casting For Recovery relies on local volunteers and organizations to support their community based retreats. www.castingforrecovery.org

Through the combined efforts of Wanda Taylor, Donna Teeny and Lefty Kreh, Temple Fork Outfitters has created two unique fly rods built specifically to benefit "Casting for Recovery"; an 8'6" 5 weight and a 9' 8 weight. CFR rods are built on translucent purple blanks with pink lettering inscribed with the words "Supporting Casting For Recovery & Hope" and will include a distinctive pink rod sock. A $25 contribution will be made to Casting For recovery for every CFR rod that is purchased through an authorized TFO dealer.

Jim Swann started fly fishing in the mid 1950s with a rod he built from a kit. From 1961 through the early 1980s, Jim was a fishing guide near Anchorage, Alaska. He currently guides in Florida for panfish and guides folks on trips in Alaska, Tennessee and Georgia. He has owned and operated Swann's Fly Fishing Outfitters since 1997. Jim Swann has contributed some of his designs to the book: "Inshore Flies" by Ted Leeson and Jim Schollmeyer.

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Swann's Fly Tying and Fly Fishing Outfitters

Jim Swann's Fly Fishing Outfitters is located in Dade City Florida. They have collected one of the largest assortments of Fly Fishing material in Central Florida and even the southeast United States. "From Hackles to Poppers," describes the large inventory of natural and synthetic fly tying materials available at the store. Everything from instructional videos and how to books, Florida "cracker westerns", local history books, central Florida fishing guide services, tri-balance kayaks, gheenoes, casting lessons, limited edition prints, shirts, vests, poppers, Indian River canoes, rods, reels, hackles, deer hair, flashabou, marabou - well, you get the idea... Are you planning to buy or sell a house in central Florida? Visit the Central Florida Real Estate Site - Free MLS search.

Jim Swann, at work or on vacation? (Not in Florida :-)