Kathy Hamilton
The first picture of Kathy fishing is at the tender age of two off the dock near her family home in New Brunswick. She has remained a fisher throughout her life and in recent years has learned both fly fishing and the art of fly tying. Kathy became aware of Casting for Life at the Western Canadian Fly Fishing Exposition and signed up to be a fishing buddy at the 2003 retreat. She has never looked back. Today, as a Director for Casting for Life she contributes her skills as the CFL webmaster, organizing events and assisting with teaching casting and fly tying. By day, Kathy is a computer technician and for the past fifteen years has taught continuing education for Chinook Learning Services . Although her schedule is hectic with teaching and volunteering, Kathy’s true passion is to be on the water. During the summer months you can find her wading into the mighty Bow weekly to challenge the elusive Brown or Rainbow.
Kim Blaikie
Kim discovered the joy of fishing with Casting For Life in the summer of 2001. She remembers feeling totally welcomed and cared for and somewhat perplexed as to why anyone would want to go to all this trouble for her. As the weekend progressed, she experienced nature’s peace and harmony in the now and the promise of a new skill for the future. Her own experience with breast cancer was affirmed by sharing stories with new friends; moving her forward along the path to acceptance of her disease. She found the community of fly fishers that is CFL a caring and generous one. She was honoured to work as a volunteer for this big-hearted organization, and accepted a directorship in 2006.
Kim shares her life with her husband, two grown children and a wonderful grandson. She is also a registered nurse working in cancer care and past president and founding member of the Sistership Dragonboat Society.
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Jane Bruce
Jane is our most recent board member and also came to Casting for Life as a participant. A cancer survivor of three years the weekend retreat for Jane was life altering. With her new role as Director Jane takes the greatest of pleasure in teaching the “perfect” cast, which she considers a form of art that entwines the beauty and serenity of nature but also embodies personal strength and accomplishment.
She is very active in river and stream conservation, is a member of Trout Unlimited and builds bridges over natural fish habitat with The Crowsnest Pass Quad Squad.