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Monday, 29 June 2009
Casting For Recovery - Mount Falcon Ladies

On Monday 29th June 2009 the Irish Independent published a feature on the recent Casting for Recovery retreat at the Mount Falcon hotel and fishery, County Mayo. The feature is about the first ever retreat in the Republic of Ireland, lets the lady participants speak for themselves and reveals why CfR's brand of therapy is so necessary.

In the words of one participant: "....on the retreat, there was one woman who mentioned that it had been 20 years since she had had cancer and at that moment, I could feel my shoulders relax.

You think, OK, this isn't a death sentence and it isn't necessarily going to come back. I suppose I hadn't realised just how heavily that had been weighing on me." Read "Real Life: Hooked on fishing therapy" by Liz Kearney

CfR Ladies Mount Falcon Co Mayo
 

Casting for Recovery (CfR) provides fly fishing programmes at idyllic retreats around the UK and Ireland. Any woman who has experienced breast cancer is eligible to apply to attend a retreat (with medical clearance from their doctor). Retreats take place over two-and-a-half days and all accommodation, meals, counselling, and professional instruction are provided at no cost to participants due to the financial backing of the Countryside Alliance. Appropriate clothing and fishing tackle is provided by Orvis UK.

Fly fishing is a gentle exercise which requires no strength and is exactly the sort of exercise in which recovering breast cancer patients can participate safely. Fly fishing also offers those on retreat a chance to reflect and escape in tranquil surroundings. Casting for Recovery was founded in the United States in 1996 and has since helped over 3,000 breast cancer survivors. In the UK and Ireland it began in 2006 and 100 women have now been through the programme over eight retreats.  If you have not already seen Casting for Recovery's seven-minute promotional film, you can do so here
 
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