# @soulfishingash on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CkEYAIrvOjl
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63391357-soulfishingash-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-10-23T19:42:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ashley Underwood | Lady Angler (@soulfishingash) — https://gondola.cc/soulfishingash

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My heart is so full ❤️ 

Many of you probably don’t know that I am a former severe special education teacher.  I worked for a few years and then the “burn out” hit.  I was physically and mentally sick from the everyday stress of my job in the public school system.  Although I absolutely loved my kiddos, I felt it best to resign.  I grieved about not seeing my students grow up, not using my teaching degree, wondering if they could ever find a teacher who cared as much about them as I did. 

In my grieving, I taught myself to fish as a form of therapy.  Over the years, I have taken so many young kids fishing.  I have found my PASSION…I’m still able to use my teaching skills, but in a different (no stress) environment! 

Over the weekend I volunteered as a “river guide” for my second time at the beccasueklein #ALLKIDSFISH event in Helen, GA! This time the event was girls only! I was paired up with 12 year old Braylynn.  It was her first time flyfishing! Before we headed to the river all 30 girls had courses in casting a fly rod, entomology, conservation & knot tying! Braylynn caught 3 rainbow trout and all of them were a nice size! Although a little nervous…she worked up the courage to hold the trout and release them! 

THANK YOU beccasueklein for planning these amazing events and allowing me to be a part! Also huge thanks to crkeeper and unicoi_outfitters 🙌

ALSO…. beccasueklein has started a still fairly new organization called reelinginrecovery! Please support any way you can by following, liking, volunteering, etc. 
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