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Fishing merit badge
Status: Elective
Created: 1952
Discontinued: no
BSA Advancement ID:
Requirements revision: 2003
Latest pamphlet revision: 2002



Merit badge requirements

1. Explain to your counselor the injuries that could occur while fishing and the proper treatment, including cuts, scratches, puncture wounds, insect bites, hypothermia, dehydration, and heat reactions. Explain how to remove a hook that has lodged in your arm. Name and explain five safety practices you should always follow while fishing.
4. Demonstrate how to tie the following knots: clinch, palomar, turle, blood loop (barrel knot), and surgeon's loop. Explain how each knot is used and when to use it.
6. Explain the importance of practicing Leave No Trace and how it positively affects fishing resources.
7. Give the regulations affecting game fishing where you live. Explain why they were adopted and what you accomplish by following those regulations.
9. Catch two different kinds of fish and identify them. Release at least one of them unharmed. Clean and cook another fish.

Source: 2007 Boy Scout Requirements (33215)







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