Jimmy I've asked a couple of times about the fly fishing merit badge at my local BS office. They tell me that it hasn't been released yet. The on-line info I got during the winter said that it was in "draft" form. Do you have any inside info???????
I've got half a dozen kids in Troop 52 here in NY all revved up with no badge to earn. Ed At 09:27 AM 7/16/02, you wrote: >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 >
