There are a lot of steps between national selection and actual representation. Join me as I take a metaphoric machete to the jungle before me and carve my path to readiness for the 2025 Ladies World Championships in Idaho, USA.
I have set myself a life-goal of inspiring women across Australia to embrace fishing as a powerful tool for improving their holistic wellbeing. From mental and emotional balance to cognitive health, physical fitness, and enduring mobility, fishing offers it all. To illustrate that “it’s never too late to take that first step”, I embarked on a mission to evolve from a novice fly fisher to earning national selection.
Now, as a first-time national rep’, I’ve no idea what to expect, so I’ve enlisted support to work with me to strengthen what we’ll call my three pillars of development: Fitness, Flies, and Focus.
FITNESS
FLIES
FOCUS
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FITNESS
Stamina, flexibility, core strength, and balance: These are the four key aspects of fitness that Personal Trainer (and step-daughter) Amy Starling will be working me on.
Amy is the founder and Head Coach at metamorph — a South Coast NSW-based holistic mobile health and fitness service designed to help us transform into our best self. She believes functional movement, real food and the power of the outdoors are the keys to a thriving life. Me too!
Over ten months of prep for the Commowealths, I will follow Amy’s bespoke coaching plan, designed for me with consideration of the pesky ailments I’ve collected as I’ve aged: Twice reconstructed left knee that requires strengthening for dynamic movement; sprained lower spine that generates sciatica (ouch!); and wrenched right shoulder (casting arm).
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FLIES
Upon learning of my call-up to the Australian Team, dear friend Glenn Eggleton sent me through a materials list that read like a last minute shopping request for the office Christmas party: Booby eyes; organza; red tinsel; goose biots… none of which I could find at Sparties!
All jokes aside, I really do have a lot to learn! Join me as a I take a deep-dive into tying flies beyond my trusty “Pheasant-tail nymphs”.
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FOCUS
“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”
~ Vincent van Gogh
Vincent (or whoever really did say that)… I concur.
Mindset will make or break this adventure. I fully intend to GO FOR IT! Success, for me, is showing up and doing my level best as part of this team of extraordinary women. Follow along in this section of my journal as I identify the skills and attitudes that require my focus.
As The Damsel Flies — an introduction to this blog site.
The following is a tale of what can happen when you put your faith in your rod tip and follow it as surely as the line you cast through it. It’s an adventure that takes us beyond simply fishing—it’s a journey of resilience, learning, and growth. It’s not just about...
2025 Ladies World Fly Fishing Championships
The Ladies World Fly Fishing Competition will be held from the 12th to the 20th July 2025, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA. Format of rounds yet to be confirmed. To help us all visualise where the Championships will be held, I’ve highlighted some landmarks for us on this map…
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