Rivers blessed with an abundance of fish provide the perfect escape for adult timeout…especially if you’re a mother. “Life is like a river,” wrote Emma Smith, “sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere.” Such is the mantra of most mothers I know. Perhaps having to juggle a daily circus is reason enough for many women to want to take up the solace of fly fishing. They are increasingly striking off with fly rods to trout streams, mountain lakes, and saltwater flats. More than a third of America’s seven million fly anglers are now women. Along with that growth in female participation has come a bevy of new products, clothing, and gear designed expressly for women…and nothing says I love you like this list of selections for the fly lady in your life.

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