Today, the New York Times published an article titled “Fly Fishing Targets Women as a Source of Growth”. Fly fishing, in general, doesn’t make the ‘Times” very often, so when it does some excitement is stirred up in the industry. 

The first photo of the of the article captions “Women have become the fastest growing demographic in the sport of fly fishing.” Which I thought was very interesting. To back up this statement the article quotes; “Industry leaders say women are the only growing demographic in the sport, which is why they are so crucial to cultivate. ” and “In 2016, more than two million women participated in the sport, an increase of about 142,000 from the previous year.” Seems legit. 

After reading the article I quickly began to think about some of the female anglers who are role models in the fly industry. One of the first people who came to mind was Jillian Lukiwski, who most of you know as @thenoisyplume. We asked Jillian what she thought about the article and we wanted to share a few of her answers with you.