Category: Youth News

All youth stories (ACA, SAF, HSFWF, Juniors, NGJWC)

Around the TBF Youth Newsletter – February 2010

It’s that time of year again when our TBF clubs across the country are attending Boat, Sport and Outdoor shows across the country.  It’s during these events that a large portion of our Reel Kids Casting Events are held across the country. Now more than ever we need to take advantage of these events to …

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Maryville Middle School Bass Club in Tennessee

Heard the phrase, “Hook, line, and sinker?” Literally speaking fisherman want the fish to swallow the bait fully- hook, line, and sinker. This old adage refers to accepting another’s point of view.   It seems that Maryville Middle School in Maryville, TN has bought the idea of having a fishing club: hook, line, and sinker. In fact …

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High School Fishing – A Varsity Sport?

Yes, it can happen in your state! And it has already happened in Illinois and it is gaining momentum in other states.   So what does it take to get High School fishing approved as a sport? Well as you can imagine that answer varies from state to state.   Let’s start with Illinois; probably …

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Around the TBF Youth Newsletter – December 2009

This week I had the great opportunity to visit Maryville Middle School in Maryville Tennessee. They are the first Student Angler Federation school club that we have in the state of Tennessee and boy have they got it right! This school is almost a picture postcard of what we envisioned when we set out to …

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