Fly-fishing merit badge

"rw" wrote in message
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BTW, why don't the Girl Scouts have a fly fishing merit badge?

I'll take two boxes of the Thin Mints and four boxes of the Dolly Varden
Newtons. ;-)
-tom

rw wrote:
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 like the idea implicit in their requirements that fly fishing doesn't
necessarily mean trout fishing.

cheers

oz

"MajorOz" wrote in message
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I like the idea implicit in their requirements that fly fishing doesn't
necessarily mean trout fishing.

cheers

oz

I was fishing off the Pacifica Pier years ago. There was a father who
brought his 8 year old daughter while he was fishing for Salmon. He rigged
up her small zebco 2.5' rod with pushbutton release and small silver hooks
so she could dangle the line from the pier and hook the live anchovies
below. All of a sudden one huge salmon took one of the anchovies from her
line. All we heard was a Ziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip as she screamed, we all
glanced over at the girl, then dead silence as the salmon ripped the rod
right out of her hands. It happned so fast, we were all pretty much
stunned. That would have been some major brownie points if she could have
landed that one.
-tom