We are so ecstatic to announce our 2026 Honduras Girls Week!
The importance of young girls coming together for a week of Fish for Change runs deep. It is an opportunity to grow, learn, and connect in an industry where girls are outnumbered and provides the space to be empowered by peers and role models.
Fish for Change provides the perfect empowering environment, offering endless opportunities to grow your passion. Being surrounded by women who share the same love of fly fishing and who truly want you to succeed is one of the greatest gifts you can have, and can truly change lives.
The importance of young girls coming together for a week of Fish for Change runs deep. It is an opportunity to grow, learn, and connect in an industry where girls are outnumbered and provides the space to be empowered by peers and role models.
Fish for Change provides the perfect empowering environment, offering endless opportunities to grow your passion. Being surrounded by women who share the same love of fly fishing and who truly want you to succeed is one of the greatest gifts you can have, and can truly change lives.
Meris McHaney joined Girls Week as a trip leader and captured moments for her feature film, IMPACT. Meris highlighted that she had never had friends in fly fishing and that it was astonishing to her to spend a week with 12 lady anglers in Honduras who shared the same level of passion and drive. She says, “This week we will land fish, and share laughs, but most importantly, we will leave knowing we will never be alone in this sport again.” Watch Meris’ film below!
Fish for Change is run by an incredible leadership team of women. With our dear Heather Harkavy at the forefront as Executive Director, Founder, and Guanaja Program Coordinator, Rebecca Brown as a Founder and Chief Financial Officer, Beckie Brown as a Founder and Colorado Program Director, and Delaney Hutcheson and Ellen Bogucki as interns, we know how impactful the connection with women in the fly fishing world can be. It is so unique and special to be surrounded by a team of strong women who are chasing their passions. It is so empowering to work in this environment, to have inspiration, and to lead by example.
In June of 2019, twelve young women from seven different states and three countries came to Fly Fish Guanaja for Fish for Change’s first EVER Girls Week. The impact of this week was absolutely incredible. It truly set the bar and tone for F4C’s future.
Camile Danterre was 16 when she joined Girls Week. Camile is from Guanaja and had never picked up a Fly Rod until F4C. She writes, “Beckie and Heather taught me how to cast, and I got the hang of it real fast. I felt a spark in me, and I knew I’d become part of something so great for young girls and women. Fly Fishing is what got my spirit up - seeing all the girls connecting with the community and bonding with one another.”
Alleigh Raymond was also 16 when she came from North Carolina to join in on Girls Week. “Spending this time surrounded by people who want nothing more than to lift you up, encourage and support you has filled voids of love in me I didn’t know I had…words fall short in expressing my gratitude to my time spent with Fish for Change.” This is exactly why Girls Week is so important; the environment of support that is built within a group of girls who share the same passion is indescribable.
Camile Danterre was 16 when she joined Girls Week. Camile is from Guanaja and had never picked up a Fly Rod until F4C. She writes, “Beckie and Heather taught me how to cast, and I got the hang of it real fast. I felt a spark in me, and I knew I’d become part of something so great for young girls and women. Fly Fishing is what got my spirit up - seeing all the girls connecting with the community and bonding with one another.”
Alleigh Raymond was also 16 when she came from North Carolina to join in on Girls Week. “Spending this time surrounded by people who want nothing more than to lift you up, encourage and support you has filled voids of love in me I didn’t know I had…words fall short in expressing my gratitude to my time spent with Fish for Change.” This is exactly why Girls Week is so important; the environment of support that is built within a group of girls who share the same passion is indescribable.
Olivia Merlino also attended the 2019 Girls Week in Guanaja and beautifully wrote about her experience. Her writing was published in the first F4C Journal, titled “Pompa Jack”. “A community of 11 girls was brought together because of a passion for fly fishing. However, this passion is no longer just a passion for us. It became a way to connect to a foreign community that somehow felt so much like home. It gave purpose to something that was a piece of our identities while benefiting everyone involved. Most notably, it became a mechanism for change.” Sitting with a guide and a new friend on a panga every day for a week straight turns the guide and new friend into family. Girls Week exceeded those expectations and impacted each person in immense ways. Olivia Merlino was able to put that energy and those emotions into words. Click here to read more!
NOW, six years later, we are ready to run it back!!
Readers, you can help us fill this trip up by sharing Girls Week with any daughters, grand daughters, friends, cousins, ANYONE who you know with passion and drive, whether they are skilled at fly fishing or a beginner. We will be hosting Girls Week from June 6th to June 13th, 2026, in Guanaja, Honduras. We HOPE we will see you there! Reach out if you have any questions and please spread the word!
Readers, you can help us fill this trip up by sharing Girls Week with any daughters, grand daughters, friends, cousins, ANYONE who you know with passion and drive, whether they are skilled at fly fishing or a beginner. We will be hosting Girls Week from June 6th to June 13th, 2026, in Guanaja, Honduras. We HOPE we will see you there! Reach out if you have any questions and please spread the word!