Ed, the Fly Fishing Merit Badge books are available. Local Scout Council's and Scout distributors have started receiving them. They were printed in June. For a look at the requirements and the cover of the MB pamphlet click on"
www.usscouts.org/mb/mb135.html This will tell you what you need to know. For more information use the search engine - google.com Cheers, JIMMY Ed Engelman/Sue Atkinson wrote: > 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 >> > > > -- 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
