Fishe Community

Meet the Fishe Ambassadors: Women Who Shape the Community

Meet the women behind the Fishe ambassador program and discover how anglers, storytellers, mothers, and community builders help more women feel at home on the water.

Kayla Fleetwood: Alaska Fly Angler & Conservation Advocate

Alaska-raised angler Kayla Fleetwood shares the fishing, family, conservation values, and wild places that shaped her life on the water.

Meet the Team: Tom Yee

Meet Tom Yee, Fishe’s Director of Operations, and learn about teamwork, outdoor apparel, family hikes, and the values that guide his work.

Kate Crump: Fly Fishing Guide, Mentor & Conservationist

Meet Kate Crump, the Bristol Bay and Oregon Coast fly-fishing guide whose teaching, mentorship, conservation work, and friendship shaped one unforgettable Fishe story.

Meet Libby Ouellette: Outdoor Adventure at Fishe

Meet Libby Ouellette and follow her path from Northeast outdoor education to Alaska fishing, adaptive skiing, and a 15-pound silver salmon.

Nicole Watson: A Journey from Childhood Fishing to Grayling Reintroduction

Nicole Watson’s first-person journey from childhood fishing in Grayling, Michigan, to Arctic grayling research—plus the latest verified reintroduction milestone.

Featured Ambassador: Lisa Le

Fishe ambassador Lisa Le shares how she returned to fishing, found mental clarity outside, and helps build space for more women in outdoor recreation.

Katie Dowe: Fishe Ambassador and Canadian Fly Angler

Meet Fishe ambassador Katie Dowe, a Canadian fly angler who found healing, community, steelhead, and a reason to keep trying on the water.

Meet the Team: Alix Gingrich

Meet Alix Gingrich in this original Fishe team interview about sunrise fishing, growing up in Anchorage, exploring Alaska, books, dogs, and life outdoors.

Morgan Pierce: Fly Fishing, Motherhood & the Backcountry

Meet Fishe ambassador Morgan Pierce, a fly angler and mother sharing stories about backcountry adventure, raising children outside, patience, and sisterhood.

Meet the Team: Gloria Evoy

Meet Gloria Evoy and follow her path from West Coast fashion to Alaska, product development at Fishe, outdoor adventure, and practical sustainability.

Alysia Aguilar: Fishe Ambassador, Guide & Water Advocate

Meet Fishe ambassador Alysia Aguilar, an Oregon fishing guide and water advocate protecting the Deschutes River while passing traditions forward.

Meet the Team: Kacie Samson

Meet Kacie Samson and follow the unexpected path from a rainy Valdez camping trip and first Fishe dry bag to creative leadership, artist collaboration, and community building at Fishe.

Emily Mauri: Fishe Ambassador and Saltwater Fly Angler

Meet Fishe ambassador Emily Mauri, a Florida saltwater fly angler, mother, community organizer, and founder of a mobile zero-waste shop.

Featured Ambassador: Nicole Fel Dotto

The Salty Blonde: Life on the Water with a New Hampshire Fisherwoman The Atlantic has a way of shaping people. On the rocky edge of New Hampshire’s brief but hardworking coastline, the ...

Meet the Team: Tica Drury

Meet Tica Drury and revisit the original 2022 Fishe team story about world travel, birdwatching, bush planes, the Harding Icefield, and life outdoors in Alaska.

Amanda Tingstad: Alaska Angler, Forager & Fishe Ambassador

Meet Alaska angler Amanda Tingstad, whose life outdoors is shaped by family fishing memories, wild food, wildlife photography, Hank the fish dog, and a deep love for Alaska.

Fishe Artist Feature: Gigi Droop

Meet Anchorage artist Gigi Droop, the young creative behind Fishe’s featured halibut sticker, and discover how Alaska’s colors and wildlife shaped her work.

Ryan Scavo: Fishe Ambassador, Angler, and Storyteller

Meet Fishe ambassador Ryan Scavo and discover her path into fishing, memorable redfish and tarpon stories, creative work, and honest advice on outdoor motherhood.

Celebrating Heather Percy’s National Guard Biathlon Win

Celebrate Fishe team member Heather Percy and the Alaska National Guard women’s first-place finish at the 2022 national biathlon championships.

Featured Ambassador: Kenzie Quinn

Introduction If you’ve ever needed a reminder that the outdoors can hold you up when life feels heavy, you’re going to love this one. This ambassador brings equal parts grit, warmth, and humor ...

Meet the Team: Micah Peel

Meet Micah Peel, Fishe’s warehouse manager, through an original team interview about fishing, Alaska misadventures, warehouse life, and outdoor stories.

Fishe Meet the Artist Series: Chaney Fray

Meet Chaney Fray, the storyteller and artist behind Fishe’s Brookie pattern, and follow her process from fish silhouette to vivid final design.

Fishe Meet the Artist Series: Irene Meniconi

Meet Irene Meniconi, the artist behind Dolly Vee, Kaleido King, and Beauty and the Bonefish, and explore how nature inspires Fishe’s bold patterns.

Fishing for the Win (and Loving the Grind!)

Fishe blogger Erica Hickey talks with Captain Cheryl Smith about bass tournament fishing, strategy, competition days, and advice for anglers.

Sonya Kelliher-Combs: Art, Place, and Material

Meet Anchorage-based artist Sonya Kelliher-Combs and discover how land, family, traditional knowledge, and material history shape her mixed-media work.

Captain Cheryl Smith: Fishe Ambassador and OutdoorGirl

Meet Captain Cheryl Smith, also known as OutdoorGirl—a USCG-licensed Master Captain, multi-species angler, educator, and Fishe ambassador.

The Fishe Community Photo Gallery

Meet the women, friends, families, and fishing partners who make FisheWear a community—and learn how to submit your own photo and story.