Fly-fishing merit badge

In article , rw56
says...
I looked up the requirements for the Boy Scouts merit badge:

http://www.meritbadge.com/mb/136.htm

IMO, they're very comprehensive and well thought out. Someone did a good
job. A boy would really have to learn something to pass this test.

The last requirement, apropos of the ROFF C&R vs. C&K controversy, is:
"Using the fly-fishing techniques you have learned, catch two different
kinds of fish and identify them. Release at least one of them unharmed.
Clean and cook another fish."

I suggest a change to: "Clean and cook *and eat* another fish." :-)

BTW, why don't the Girl Scouts have a fly fishing merit badge? In
general, why are there so few women fly fishermen? Women have all the
physical skills necessary to fly fish. I know personally only two women
fly fishers. They're both guides. I tried to get my daughters
interested, but they wanted nothing to do with it. What's going on here?

This may get me in trouble, but I suspect its innate.

Men, if you want to meet women, take a dance class.

Women, if you want to meet men, take a fly fishing class.

Definitely will get you in trouble....my wife and two daughters
all fly-fish. I'm happy to report that my daughters get very
upset on the rare occasions that I go fishing without them.

I am preparing myself for the teenage years when I fully expect
to lose them. ;-(
- Ken

On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 12:30:41 -0700, wrote:



I am preparing myself for the teenage years when I fully expect
to lose them. ;-(
- Ken

Always keep money in your wallet. Then, no matter how stupid you get they
never leave. (You can't even imagine how stupid you're going to get.)

Duh

wrote:

Definitely will get you in trouble....my wife and two daughters
all fly-fish. I'm happy to report that my daughters get very
upset on the rare occasions that I go fishing without them.

I am preparing myself for the teenage years when I fully expect
to lose them. ;-(

That's great about your wife and daughters, and I hope you don't lose them.

You have to admit, though, that female flyfishers are the rare exception
to the norm. Just look at ROFF.

Oh, I forgot, we're a bunch of 13-year-old girls. :-)

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

rw wrote:

You have to admit, though, that female flyfishers are the rare exception
to the norm. Just look at ROFF.

Oh, I forgot, we're a bunch of 13-year-old girls. :-)

That's 12-year-old girls. :-)


Chuck Vance (facts matter ;-)