Fishing gear takes fetish fashion to an entirely new level. Model Kriss Evtikhievea dons rubber hip boots and a full wardrobe of fishing-inspired, still-waters gear, styled by Laura Soliani in an original editorial ‘Weekend al Lago’, lensed by Simone Falcetta for A Anna Magazine July 4, 2013.

In America, the Denver Post reports on unscientific surveys suggesting that women are taking up fly fishing for its restorative powers. “It’s not a race. It’s not a competition. It’s meant to relax you,’ Says Erica Stock of Trout Unlimited.

And so, she explains, fishing emanates a kind of welcoming atmosphere from one angler to the next, whether male or female. Sure, there’s a bit of my-fish-is-bigger rivalry on any stream, but Stout said fishing’s inherently mellow nature takes the edge off most clashes of ego. She also notes that, much like yoga, fishing offers a kind of mental relaxation that is often hard to find.

The mental asepcts of fly fishing tend to make the sexes equal in the relaxing sport. Quietly, privately, reports are that women may excel in the sport. Patience, precision casting, quiet listening and experience are bringing American women back to fly-fishing “in one of humankind’s most enduring pastimes.”