Mayfly Project helps foster kids by combining nature and life skills
Dougles Moser, right, teaches Andrea Trotman-Dinge, 8, with her mom Rhea Trotman how to fly fish on a pond near Pecos in mid-August.Eddie Moore
Derrick Villarreal, 12, fishes with Daniel Garrison, from Rio Rancho, on a pond near Pecos. They connected through The Mayfly Project, which teaches foster children to fly fish.Eddie Moore
Daniel Garrison, from Rio Rancho, revives an exhausted rainbow trout before releasing it in a pond near Pecos in mid-August. He is fishing with Derrick Villareal, 12, through a program called The Mayfly Project that teaches foster children to fly fish.Eddie Moore
Boxes of flies to be used by children fishing in a pond near Pecos in mid-August.Eddie Moore
Brandon Ihlein, from Albuquerque, teaches Presha Vann, 10, how to fly fish on a pond near Pecos in mid-August. The two were paired together through a mentorship program called The Mayfly Project that teaches foster children to fly fish.Eddie Moore
Derrick Villarreal threads his line through line guides on a fly rod before fishing on a pond near Pecos in mid-August.Eddie Moore
Tanner Hall, left, from Santa Fe, helps Milla Baca, 11, catch and release a rainbow trout on a pond near Pecos in mid-August. Milla’s dad Alex takes pictures from behind.Eddie Moore
Derrick Villareal, 12, lands a large trout with Daniel Garrison, from Rio Rancho, on a pond near Pecos in mid-August.Eddie Moore
Dougles Moser helps Andrea Trotman-Dinge learn to fly fish on a pond near Pecos in mid-August. They met through a program called The Mayfly Project that teaches foster children to fly fish.Eddie Moore
