I am passionate about Fishing and the BENEFITS that it provides! Most people know me
as the fishergirl. 14 Years ago I would have laughed at anyone that would
even have suggested the possibility of me fishing, let alone LOVE fishing.
I was not raised with a fishing rod in my hand... the closest that
I ever got to the sport was when I was 9 years old. I was running around playing when we were up at
Washago Beach and all of a sudden I felt a quick and painful pulling at my right hand. I had not
seen this young boy casting his fishing rod at the shoreline and as he tossed his line towards the water he actually had
managed to catch me instead. His hook was stuck into my nuckle on my middle finger and it became embedded.
With the hook in the bone, it now had to be cut out. Not one of my happiest memories in
my life and I still have the scar to prove it.
It's a good thing that I was finally able to get over it as fishing
ended up becoming one of the most amazing healing experience that has changed my life.
When I realized that women had
fallen through the cracks when it came to fishing gear, I decided to make girls fishing rods. (Although some say Why?
Thye forget that majority of females have smaller hands and grips then males.) I also saw an opportunity to
help raise funds for Breast Cancer and the Pink Fishing Rod was created ... I had no idea that I was now going to be taking
my passion and finding a new job... as I founded FisherGirl Inc. back in 2003. I left FisherGirl
Inc in September 2007 when my parents both became ill with cancer and life took a new turn in my road.
