The Mayfly Project - Fayetteville, AR

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The Mayfly Project is a 501(c)(3) that uses fly fishing to mentor and support children in foster care

10/17/2026

We are incredibly grateful for our friends VanWinkle Adventures having us out last night. Thank you so much for putting together the helifish trip (this was 100% their idea) we are so blessed to be recipients of your generosity. They pitched the idea to me months ago and asked if we would be interested. Who would be crazy enough to say no to that?! Centennial Bank thank you so much for helping fund this once in a lifetime giveaway! Ryan Walker thank you so much for jumping in and helping make this a possibility! McLellan's Fly Shop thank you for your nonstop support! Thank you to everyone who stopped by, bought a ticket or showed up last night. With your help we are able to get more children on the water. This also provides them with their own equipment they need to continue fly fishing. I completely forgot to mention a lot of this last night. I am bad at a lot of things and talking in front of a group is pretty high on that list. We appreciate you all for everything! Thomas Houser thank you for showing up and making us look good! Tyler Stephens

10/12/2026

Go grab your tickets and some fresh leaders (we know you’re overdue) from our friends McLellan's Fly Shop ! If you can’t make it to the fly shop, you can buy from us directly at VanWinkle Adventures F3T this Thursday! You do not have to be present to win this trip with Ryan Walker . Our themayflyproject film will be featured so keep your eyes peeled for familiar faces! Link to show in the comments. Tyler Stephens

10/03/2026

Guys, this is a super cool experience! Swing by McLellan's Fly Shop to grab your raffle ticket for this trip! Two people will be winning a helicopter trip to go fish with Ryan Walker for the day. We are super stoked about this opportunity offered to us by VanWinkle Adventures and we are so blessed to have such a caring and generous community. All proceeds from this raffle directly fund our mission to get local foster children fly fishing. We love you all! Tyler Stephens themayflyproject

09/15/2026

Y’all this is HUGE! This is an awesome raffle from VanWinkle Adventures Ozarks Smallmouth FlyCo we are so grateful for your support!

The wait is over… Introducing Helifish The Ozarks!🎣🚁 This year, we’re raffling off an exclusive sky-to-stream adventure. The winner will be flown by helicopter from Thaden Field into the heart of the Ozarks for a guided smallmouth fly-fishing trip with one of the finest local guides, Ryan Walker of Ozark Smallmouth Fly Co.

And the best part? All proceeds benefit The Mayfly Project - Fayetteville, AR, a nonprofit supporting kids in foster care through fly-fishing and mentorship. How to enter below:

📢TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW! Purchase your raffle tickets in person only at McLellan's Fly Shop OR at the Fly Fishing Film Tour on October 15th. Cost per ticket is $50. We’ll draw the winner live at the F3T.📢

We want to extend a BIG thanks to OZ Trails and Ozarks Smallmouth FlyCo for making this happen. We’re incredibly excited to make this raffle come to life, all to support a beautiful cause. This year’s Fly Fishing Film Tour is shaping up to be the best one yet! Can’t wait to see you there!

08/25/2026

Big fish of our 2026 season so far! This was her first fish on a fly rod. She put a beat down on the boys and we were stoked! Thanks you all for supporting us! Justin Keen Graham Parkhill John

08/24/2026

The film that The Mayfly Project Bass Pro Shops and us worked on will be featured. Come join us to see it, and take a glimpse into our world!

05/22/2026

https://youtu.be/bjEnUCVN1kM?si=CGxk5oU1TXO-uLNr
This is som**hing very special we The Mayfly Project - Fayetteville, AR would like to share. Our friends at Bass Pro Shops, spent several days with us and some of our teammates across the US last year. This documentary is used to tell the story of foster children. This is our way of trying our best to show them they are not forgotten. We are grateful for every one that has helped us out!

The Mayfly Project connects youth in foster care with mentors throu...

04/15/2026

Thank you and thank you to all who make the Smallmouth Shootout possible, which is just a month and a half away! Pictures seen here are from our yearly final outing, which takes place at Dry Run Creek. We typically do 6 outings per year with a set group of kids, each outing building on the last, until we finally do a full weekend trip to Dry Run. None of what we do is free, it takes funds to make it all happen, which ties back to the original point: thank you to everybody participating in and making the Smallmouth Shootout possible. Like to register in bio, or just go to smallmouthshootout.com see y’all May 30!

02/22/2026

Come support our friends Reel Recovery Arkansas with us!

02/21/2026

TMP is honored to be a recipient of the Bass Pro Outdoor Fund and deeply grateful for their incredible partnership. This past season, Bass Pro Shops joined us at our projects in Raleigh, Kimberling City, and Fayetteville to capture powerful stories from our mentors and mentees and highlight the joy and healing that fly fishing brings to youth in foster care. We are thrilled to share that our film was selected by The F3T and will be shown at select locations this season!
Special thanks to our Lead Mentors, Mentors, and Mentees who were the heart of this film. And a huge THANK YOU to Bass Pro, for believing in this mission and making filming so fun for our mentees!!!!

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Fayetteville, AR

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http://smallmouthshootout.com/

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