Touch Grass with Linda In HR
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Wading the Madison River, Ennis Montana
Calling all women and femme leaders to
Touch  Grass.
with Linda In HR
Five days on the river that stole the world’s attention. No pitch decks. No Slack. Just cold water, wild trout, and women who build things.
July 26 – July 31, 2025  ·  Ennis, Montana
10 women. One river. One week.
Take me to the river Or learn more below ↓
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Men do it drunk, so how hard can it be?
Stacy Clyburn  ·  The Madison, Paramount+
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The Madison River  ·  Blue-Ribbon Trout Water  ·  Expert Guided Instruction by Reel Women Fly Fishing Adventures
Why this retreat exists
You can’t be in your inbox and read water at the same time. That’s the whole point.
High-achieving women are extraordinarily good at performing competence. What most of us haven’t had is a container built specifically for the opposite: for being a beginner, for letting the body lead, for sitting in the kind of silence that actually has something to say.

Touch Grass is not a wellness retreat. It is not executive coaching in a scenic location. It is an embodied leadership experience built around the practice of fly fishing, a craft that rewards presence, patience, and the willingness to look stupid before you look skilled. The river doesn’t care about your title. That’s what makes it so useful.
4
Days on the water
Expert guided instruction and wade trips with Reel Women Fly Fishing Adventures
10
Leaders max
Intimate cohort. High-trust. No strangers by day two.
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Experience req’d
First cast to seasoned angler, all skill levels guided with intention
The Madison River Drift boats on the Madison Wading the Madison River
What you’ll do
On the water
Fly fishing instruction & guided wade trips
Expert instruction from Reel Women guides: casting fundamentals, reading water, dry fly technique on the same river you watched on Paramount+.
Nervous system
Regulation & reset sessions
Guided breathwork and regulation practices woven into the daily rhythm. The river does most of the work. We just help you notice.
Evenings
Fireside leadership dinners
Facilitated conversations, no agenda. The kind that happen between people who’ve been humbled by the same river on the same day.
Community
Pre & post-retreat cohort sessions
Virtual prep sessions before departure and a reflection session after, because the best insights often surface two weeks later.
What you’ll walk away with
A nervous system that has been genuinely reset, not from a massage, but from five days of learning something hard in a place that is indifferent to your performance
A beginner’s mind, reactivated. The humility and curiosity that made you good at building things, before competence got comfortable
A small, high-trust community of women who build things and have been in cold water together, which is its own kind of vetting
A practice to return to. Fly fishing is a skill you can take home, and the attunement it requires doesn’t stay on the river
Clarity that comes from silence, the kind you can’t think your way to, only wait for
Women fly fishing on the Madison River
This cohort is for
This cohort is built for women, femme-identifying, and non-binary founders, executives, and entrepreneurs who build things for a living, and who need five days where the only metric that matters is whether the trout ate the fly.
Your guides
Reel Women
Fly Fishing Adventures
Guiding women on Montana’s premier waters for decades. Their guides don’t just teach you to cast. They create the conditions for something to shift. Expertise, patience, and a healthy respect for what the river can do to even the most hardened founder.
El Western Lodge private room El Western Fishing Lodge aerial view
Where you’ll stay
El Western Fishing Lodge sits on the banks of a private spring creek in Ennis, Montana, with unobstructed views of the Madison Range. This is the kind of place that doesn’t need to try.
What the days feel like
6:30 AM
Optional gentle movement | Coffee | Breakfast
8:30 AM
Depart for river | Expert guided instruction
1:00 PM
Streamside lunch | Afternoon guided instruction
6:00 PM
Dinner at the lodge | Reflection circles | Rest
Investment
$15,000
per person  ·  limited to 10 participants
What’s included
4 days expert guided instruction & fly fishing Private rooms at El Western Fishing Lodge Private chef prepared meals Transportation to & from airport Gear & equipment rentals Montana fishing license Pre-retreat cohort sessions Post-retreat reflection session
You’ll fit right in if you are
A founder or co-founder
C-suite or VP level
Tech / SaaS / AI / startups
Curious, not competitive
Overdue for a real reset
Never held a fly rod
Ready to go?
The Madison has been waiting for you.
10 women. One river. One week.
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Apply
A short application so we can make sure this is a strong mutual fit
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Book a call
You’ll be taken straight to Linda’s calendar to schedule a 20-minute conversation
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Confirm your spot
If it’s a fit, we’ll hold your place and send everything you need to prepare
Take me to the river
Questions first? Reach out directly for a 30-minute call.
Touch Grass with Linda In HR
Women & Femme Leaders  ·  The Madison River  ·  Ennis, Montana
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