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The Family & Youth Casting Call is tomorrow and the American Fly Fishing Trade Association and all of our partners are very excited for a fantastic day! The C&O Canal NHP is looking beautiful and the tents and many of the booths are already set up. The weather report is iffy but we will...

Three representatives of the United States Youth Fly Fishing team will attend the Family and Youth Casting Call as guests of Family Tyes, an FYCC partner. Joe Humphries, a renowned author and fly fisher, serves as a team coach. Justin Lyons, 16, fished in the USA Adult National...

We are less than two weeks away from the Family and Youth Casting Call and we are sure this will be another first rate family fishing and outdoors event!  Help us make sure that DC-Metro area families know about this great opportunity to get outdoors - share it with your Facebook friends, tell...

The Family and Youth Casting Call depends on more than a hundred volunteers to help participants learn the ins-and-outs of fishing and conservation. Each year, a youth fly fishing group from Pittsburgh comes to town to help out.  Family Tyes, Inc. is committed to positive youth development...

The Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation is one of the Family and Youth Casting Call's top partners.  Their national outreach campaign, Take Me Fishing, works with the boating and fishing community to help people connect with the outdoors. Their site – TakeMeFishing.org...

The American Fly Fishing Trade Association (AFFTA) is the primary sponsor and organizer of the Family and Youth Casting Call.  AFFTA is the trade organization for the fly fishing industry promoting the sustained growth of the fly fishing industry.  One of AFFTA's biggest focuses is is...

Another partner of the Family and Youth Casting Call is the National Fish Habitat Action Plan.  It is the most comprehensive effort ever attempted to treat the causes of aquatic habitat decline. Through partnerships the Action Plan is excelling to fix the nation’s most pressing...

Last week there was an article in the Wall Street Journal about shad roe featuring a quote from the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin's Jim Cummins. While the story focused on the food delicacy that some consider shad roe to be, it also talks about the restoration of shad stocks...

Starting today, we're going to share information about our partners who participate in the Family and Youth Casting Call.  Today, we're featuring Living Classrooms, a fantastic youth education program. As another spring approaches, students throughout the Washington D.C. region will be...

One of our partners, the National Capitol Chapter of Trout Unlimited will be hosting their annual show from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm on March 13. The show is at the Georgetown Prep School Field house off Rockville Pike RT 355 just north of the Beltway. Show Admission for those 16 and under is free....

This weekend, US Fish and Wildlife Service Director Sam Hamilton passed away unexpectedly while on a skiing trip in Colorado. Sam was an avid angler and cared passionately about getting kids outdoors. The FWS is an important and valued partner of the FYCC and Sam's involvement will be missed...

Do you have friends or family in the Washington, DC area who might be interested in attending the Family & Youth Casting Call? We've got a fan page on Facebook and we need your help to spread the word. We're going to start sharing information about our partners and the things that we will...

The Family & Youth Casting Call has been moved to Saturday for 2010, so make sure you update your calendar! This year's event will be on Saturday April 24 from 11 am to 4 pm. Through this blog, we'll be giving you updates about the day's activities and the many partners involved in the...