Fly fishing for Utah foster care kids
Utah foster care children fly fish on a trout pond on Saturday, July 14, 2018, in Smithfield. The outing was one of several this summer that was part of The Mayfly Project, a national non-profit that uses fly fishing to mentor foster care children. This was the first summer for The Mayfly Project in Utah.
Verlicia Perez, Lead Mentor for The Utah Mayfly Project, points out details on a fly pattern to foster care children while fly fishing at a trout pond on Saturday, July 14, 2018, in Smithfield. The Mayfly Project is a national non-profit that uses fly fishing to mentor foster care children. This was the first summer for the program in Utah.
Verlicia Perez, lead mentor for the Utah Mayfly Project, teaches a foster care child how to tie a fly on his fly line at a trout pond on Saturday, July 14, 2018, in Smithfield. The Mayfly Project is a national non-profit that uses fly fishing to mentor foster care children. This was the first summer for the program in Utah.
Utah foster care children fly fish on a trout pond on Saturday, July 14, 2018, in Smithfield. The outing was one of several this summer that was part of The Mayfly Project, a national non-profit that uses fly fishing to mentor foster care children. This was the first summer for The Mayfly Project in Utah.
Mariah, 9, holds her catch with mentor, Kennie Garcia at a trout pond on Saturday, July 14, 2018, in Smithfield on an outing with The Mayfly Project, a national non-profit that uses fly fishing to mentor foster care children. Mariah was adopted in 2011 by her foster care parents.
Utah foster care children net trout on a pond on Saturday, July 14, 2018, in Smithfield. The fly fishing outing was one of several this summer that was part of The Mayfly Project, a national non-profit that uses fly fishing to mentor foster care children. This was the first summer for The Mayfly Project in Utah.
Mariah, 9, pets a snake that was found in the grass by mentor, Dan Weber at a trout pond on Saturday, July 14, 2018, in Smithfield. This was one of several summer fly fishing outings with The Mayfly Project, a national non-profit that uses fly fishing to mentor foster care children.
Utah foster care children fly fish on a trout pond on Saturday, July 14, 2018, in Smithfield. The outing was one of several this summer that was part of The Mayfly Project, a national non-profit that uses fly fishing to mentor foster care children. This was the first summer for The Mayfly Project in Utah.
Mariah, 9, hugs Verlicia Perez, lead mentor for the Utah Mayfly Project, after an outing at a trout pond on Saturday, July 14, 2018, in Smithfield. The Mayfly Project is a national non-profit that uses fly fishing to mentor foster care children. This was the first summer for The Mayfly Project in Utah.
Utah foster care children fly fish on a trout pond on Saturday, July 14, 2018, in Smithfield. The outing was one of several this summer that was part of The Mayfly Project, a national non-profit that uses fly fishing to mentor foster care children. This was the first summer for The Mayfly Project in Utah.
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SMITHFIELD — Just after dawn at a small pond in Smithfield, a few kids rig up their fishing …
