Rachel VandeVoort

Fly fishing has sculpted and continues to sculpt Rachel’s life. She was fortunate enough to be born into the fishiest of fly-fishing families: to say that her grandfather was fly-fishing-obsessed is a bit of an understatement, and her father was a fly-fishing guide. Casting lessons started at age 12 in a vacant lot near Rachel’s grandfather’s, fly tying started before that, she started working in the local fly shop in exchange for gear at a very young age. Fly fishing is forever woven into her personal and professional life; to say that fly fishing is a passion feels to minimize the impact that it has had on who she has become, the life she leads, and how she plans for the future. Fly fishing is one of the constants in her life that lifts her up, pushes her forward, and shakes the world down into perspective and focus. Life on the water is her best life.