07-05-2011, 07:16 PM
back in the stone ages, I was called in to a fishing class for the girl scouts.
what you want to do is make the class repeatable. meaning the same way every time you hold it.
year one
1 have your scouts contact family and friends for old equipment, even if it is broken or dosnt work.
2 teach them the fine art of cane pole building. teach them to fish with that the first trip.
3 fish identification
4 proper processing of their catch
5 proper storage and prepairing for the table.
the perpose of year one is to get the kids to understand what fishing is about. "the sport of fishing comes later"
year two,
1 the return kids help teach year one kids
2 properly make a pocket tackle box that will fit in to a back pack.
3 fixing and cleaning the fishing equipment is part of the project. weather it is broken or not. so make sure the kids know not to show up with thier dads or gramps gold plated engraved $1000 lumis. They must repair, re-spool new line, clean gears lube, or scavange for parts to make the unit useable before they are aloud to proceed to the fishing hole.
4 properly build a camp fire suitable for cooking fish not bruning down the tree tops.
your best place is to go to your local church, bait shop, barber shop, put up a box with a small sign, wanted used and broken fishing equipment wanted for scout no .. any kind, any condition, any shape.
you dont need a great deal of equipment stock piled, this only leaves oppertunity of vandilism.
and it is counter productive. teach the kids to haul back out all that is hauled in and leave nothing but track when they leave. "and as few as those as posible"
what you want to do is make the class repeatable. meaning the same way every time you hold it.
year one
1 have your scouts contact family and friends for old equipment, even if it is broken or dosnt work.
2 teach them the fine art of cane pole building. teach them to fish with that the first trip.
3 fish identification
4 proper processing of their catch
5 proper storage and prepairing for the table.
the perpose of year one is to get the kids to understand what fishing is about. "the sport of fishing comes later"
year two,
1 the return kids help teach year one kids
2 properly make a pocket tackle box that will fit in to a back pack.
3 fixing and cleaning the fishing equipment is part of the project. weather it is broken or not. so make sure the kids know not to show up with thier dads or gramps gold plated engraved $1000 lumis. They must repair, re-spool new line, clean gears lube, or scavange for parts to make the unit useable before they are aloud to proceed to the fishing hole.
4 properly build a camp fire suitable for cooking fish not bruning down the tree tops.
your best place is to go to your local church, bait shop, barber shop, put up a box with a small sign, wanted used and broken fishing equipment wanted for scout no .. any kind, any condition, any shape.
you dont need a great deal of equipment stock piled, this only leaves oppertunity of vandilism.
and it is counter productive. teach the kids to haul back out all that is hauled in and leave nothing but track when they leave. "and as few as those as posible"