My wife is an incredible woman. So it was no surprise to me when after not being able to find a girl scout troop that had room for our daughter, she decided to start her own troop. And I'm not the only one that thinks she's amazing, which is why I wasn't surprised when the troop reached maximum capacity almost before they had their first meeting.
Now there's a scouting patch available through www.TakeMeFishing.org for scouting groups that plan and go on a fishing trip. I was blessed to be a part of getting that patch for my son's scout group a while back and thought, "Why not Girl Scouts too?"
I mentioned it to my wife and she was instantly excited, and so was every other mom and girl scout in the troop when they heard about it.
Well, I don't do too badly with kids, but I didn't think I would be able to handle teaching 12 little girls about fishing on my own so I called up James and asked him if he and Amy would be interested in helping me take these daisy scouts fishing. Understanding that kids often get bored quickly if they aren't catching anything, and being the generous person that he is, James offered to sponsor the girls for a trip to the Mt. Baldy Trout Pools.
So this past Saturday we all caravaned up to Mt. Baldy to meet up with James and Amy at the trout pools. We gave the girls a bit of an introduction to the different kinds of rods, reels, and bait that we use when we go fishing, then we all headed inside and started getting our gear.
A total of 9 girls were able to come so we set each of them up with their own rod and started baiting hooks. The parents that came along were a big help also and the first daisy scout to get her line wet had a fish on before I could even bait the second girl's hook. From then on it was like a Bugs Bunny cartoon with little kids tossing their lines in the water and hauling out rainbow trout almost as fast.
We fished for maybe an hour and a half and every daisy landed at least one rainbow, with some landing up to five.
Afterwards, all the girls washed up and we sat down at the picnic benches for some lunch before heading back home.
The girls absolutely loved it! And each one was excited to take their fish home. Our final tally was 9 daisy scouts with 27 rainbow trout.
What a blast. When I asked them afterwards if they had fun they almost deafened me with their cheers!
Thanks to all the parents that helped out, and an extra big thanks to James and Amy who by their generosity made it possible for the girls to have a great day!
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