Remember this? Early this year, PETA claimed that they'd gotten the BSA to withdraw its Fishing Merit Badge. That was a BOLD FACE LIE ! BSA doesn't cave in to folks like PETA. Not only does BSA continue its Fishing Merit Badge. Also, within the last year BSA introduced the new Fly Fishing Merit Badge. I'd say that over 50% of the average membership of 2 million Boy Scouts will take Fishing MB and/or Fly Fishing MB sometime during their Scout tenure. I know that during my 36 years as a Scouting Professional, literally thousands of Scouts took Fishing Merit Badge at the summer Scout camps I operated. Fishing was number 3 after swimming and canoeing MB at camp.
There are several of us on the VFB & FFW lists who teach Fly Fishing MB. If this is something you'd like to do to help further the outdoor education of Scouts in your area, just call your local Scout Council and volunteer your services as a Fishing or Fly Fishing MB Instructor. And, you know, you can also teach other kids how to fish/fly fish too. Cheers, JIMMY Richard Zieger wrote: > > > You are soo TRUE...... We must educate our youth proper or we > shall fall victim to the PETA Nazis of the world. I take my > nephews fishing as often as possible.. It's the way to do it > Right!!!! > > DEAN... > > > > I have had a few PETA people around here. The first one grabbed > my line and broke the fish off. The second said he was taking my > equpment.I still have my equipment and they tennd to leave me alone. > > > > Rick > > Eric the Flytyer < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I'm a member of PETA----People for Eating Tasty > Animals--- and I have been known to eat them with > breading occasionally as well. > > IMHO, PETA does not stand a chance at this time with > the state park issue at this time in Michigan. What > is real scary about these groups is the inroads that > they are making with young people, especially urban > and suburban school districts, websites, TV shows, > etc. The real threat is coming in ten to twenty years > as this generation of children grows further and > further away from the outdoor sports, and they become > voters. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Autos <http://autos.yahoo.com/> - Get free new car price quotes > -- Jimmy D. Moore, "BIGTROUTMAN" I FISH BECAUSE I MUST! More importantly, I fish because my Dad taught me! Author,Outdoor Writer,TOWA, GRTU Owner/Webmaster - Worldwide Flyfishing Info. http://www.BIGTROUTMAN.homestead.com/MainPage.html
