1.  Explain to your counselor the injuries that could occur while fly fishing and the proper treatment including cuts, scratches, puncture wounds, insect bites, hypothermia, 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 fly fishing. 

2.  Discuss how to match a fly rod, line and leader to get a balanced system. Discuss several types of fly lines and explain how and when each would be used. Review with your counselor how to care for this equipment. 

3.  Demonstrate how to tie proper knots to prepare a fly rod for fishing: 

a.  tie a backing to a fly reel spool using the arbor backing knot 
b.  attach backing to fly line using the nail knot 
c.  attach a leader to fly line using the nail knot or loop-to-loop connection 
d.  add a tippet to a leader using a double surgeonís loop or double surgeonís knot 
e.  tie a fly onto the terminal end of the leader using the improved clinch knot 

5.  Demonstrate the ability to cast a fly consistently and accurately using overhead and roll cast techniques. 

6.  Go to a suitable fishing location and make observations on the types of insects fish may be eating. Look for flying insects and some that may be on or beneath the waterís surface. Look under rocks. Explain the importance of matching the hatch. 

7.  Explain the importance of practicing ìLeave No Traceî and how it positively affects fly fishing resources. Name and explain five safety practices you should always follow while fishing. 

8.  Obtain a copy of the regulations affecting game fishing where you live. Explain why they were adopted and what you accomplish by following them. and pledge that you will follow these regulations. 

9.  Explain what good outdoor sportsmanlike behavior is and how it relates to fishermen. Tell how the Outdoor Code of the Boy Scouts of America relates to a fishing sportsman, including the aspects of littering, trespassing, courteous behavior and obeying fishing regulations. 

10.  Catch two different kinds of fish using the fly fishing technique learned above and identify them. Release at least one of them unharmed. Clean and cook another fish.