In 1996 avid fly fisher and Vermont breast cancer reconstructive surgeon Benita Walton founded Casting for Recovery to give survivors an escape and because she found that only about 30 percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer had been to a support group.
“Studies show that women do better in terms of their treatment, going through their treatment and just in getting back to living rather than just getting back to normal life if they can go to support groups,” Poole said.
On a physical level, though, fly-fishing poses the perfect exercise for women who have undergone a mastectomy.
“It’s not just a physical rehabilitation,” Poole said. “It’s gone on to be an emotional and physical, total mind, body and spirit healing exercise.”
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