So have nationwide efforts from outdoors retailers who are gearing their gear toward women. Ladies, Let s Go Fishing started with two small seminars five years ago. Fourteen seminars later, more than 2,000 women have attended. Let s Go Fishing, which has local chapters. They want to be part of nature, and they want a thrill.
Fishing provides a thrill.
Nancy Alexander can relate to that. Peter Dalenberg, she picked up a fishing pole to join him. Rigging up your own line, it s very tough, said Alexander, now an eight-year veteran of fishing. You get a fish on and want someone to take it off. Or you get caught in the mangroves and then need someone to re-rig you.