For Immediate Release
From: Faith Angler Network
RE: FAN High School Fishing Series
Sept 9, 2015
Contact: info@faithanglernetwork.com

Faith Angler Network High School Fishing Series kicks off the 2015/16 season on Lake Belton September 26th at Temple Lake Park on Lake Belton.
Lake Belton will be the site of the first qualifying event for the 2015/16 High School Fishing Series. Located on the Leon River in Bell and Coryell counties this 12,385 surface acre lake is home to one of the largest populations of smallmouth bass in the State and sure to be key to a successful strategy during this tournament.
This will be the first of three qualifying events in the FAN High School Series where qualifying student anglers will compete to qualify for the 2015/16 FAN High School Championship with over $6000 in scholarships and prizes, and the Berkley Anglers of The Year for one successful team. In addition, the top 12 anglers will qualify for the Super Six Tournament on Lake Fork summer 2016.
To qualify for the 2015/16 FAN High School Championship student anglers must have competed in at least two qualifying tournaments. There are two methods to qualify once you have met the minimum number of events.

• Top 10% – Student Anglers finishing in the top 10% of any qualifying tournament
• Top 50% – Student Anglers finishing in the top 50% of a designated High School fishing program

Captains will also be recognized with a Outdoors Captains Awards including a $100 gift cards for the highest place finishing Captain. We will also have a drawing to include a $100 gift card, a SuperNova Navigation Kit, and a Berkley Power Pack Battery. Captains Incentives and FAQ

Who is eligible.

Registration is open to all 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade students. The entry fee for each tournament is $40 a boat with no more than two team members and each team member must be a TBF Student Angler Federation (SAF) member, in addition, a one-time FAN High School Fishing Series Membership of $10.00 per individual is required. Contestants must also have the signature of a parent or legal guardian in the provided space on the liability form.
How to Register
Registration deadline will be Thursday September 24th 9PM.

FAN High School Fishing Series Entry Fee will be $40 per team. After that time, a $10 late registration fee will be assessed until the start of the tournament and at that time no more registrations will be accepted. Late registrations will not affect the number of places awarded for the tournament.

• Registration can be made online at http://www.faithanglernetwork.com
• Members will receive a FAN membership bag Where
Check in will start at 5:30 am at Temple Lake Park boat launch. There will be a boat safety check and we will release boats in numerical order at safe light approximately 6:30
Weigh in will be at the Temple’s Lake Park Pavilion Group Shelter, you must be checked in by 2PM or late penalties will be assessed.
Address: 14190 FM2305, Belton, TX 76513

FOR RULES AND REGULATIONS CLICK HERE

Faith Angler Network is a 501©3 non-profit organization serving the Central Texas Area with Youth Fishing Events/ Charity Events/ Military Supported and Awareness Events. For more information please visit our Website or Facebook

The first of five, TBF/FLW Conference Championships is set to begin this Saturday as the Central Conference Regional action heats up at Lake Carlyle in Central Illinois.
Twenty one schools, representing ten different states were qualified from the central part of the country, take to the waters of Lake Carlyle with the hope of advancing to the 2016 High School National Championship. The Conference Championship will advance 10% of the field (the top two teams in this case) to the National Championship event which has found a home with the TBF Adult National Championship and a FLW Tour stop each spring.
Last year ten teams from five TBF/FLW conference championships advanced to the National Championship held at Oklahoma’s Grand Lake. There, the National Finalists were put into ten brand new matching Z520 Ranger Boats for the two day competition which concluded with the top five teams weighing in at the FLW’S Beaver Lake Tour stop in Rogers Arkansas in front of a huge crowd at the John Q. Hammonds Center. At that event North Carolina’s Tyler Black and his partner KJ Queen took home a $10,000 College Scholarship.
Queen took his scholarship money and moved on to Bethel University in Tennessee where he is also a member of one of the top collegiate programs in the country while Tyler Black is on a mission to repeat. He will be competing in the South East Conference Regional Event in Gainesville Georgia on the ever popular Lake Lanier.
The top ten percent from each state championship run by the TBF and FLW advance on to one of five regional Conference Championships, as stated from there the top ten percent advance to the High School National Championship.
“This format allows us to reward those areas of the country where High School Fishing is growing in leaps and bounds” commented TBF National Youth Director Mark Gintert.
“The more teams that fish your state championship the more teams get to advance. Likewise the more teams from across your region who advance to the Conference Championship the more teams that get to advance to the National Championship” added Gintert. “We feel this equalizes the playing field and rewards teams from big participation states as well as provides a motivator for smaller states to help grow their program so they can get more qualifying spots in the Conference Championships” concluded Gintert.
In addition to the Central Conference event on Carlyle, the four remaining Conference Championship Include:
Northern Conference Championship, September 19 at Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire.
Southeast Conference Championship, September 26 at Lake Lanier, Gainesville, Georgia.
Southern Conference Championship, October 17 on the Arkansas River, Pine Bluff Arkansas
Western Conference Championship, October 27 on Clear Lake, California.
Good luck to all of our SAF Anglers as they begin their quest to become the next High School National Champion!
For more information on High School Fishing go to highschoolfishing.org and follow us on facebook.

School is back in session throughout most of the country and Mud Hole Rods has offered the perfect activity for most fishing clubs to get back together! Why not build your own fishing rods? Can you think of a better educational opportunity as well as a great way to save cost?

Ever walk by another competitor’s boat and see a high end rod lying on the deck that looked awesome? Ever wonder what that rod must cost? Well the folks at Mud Hole are giving you the opportunity to own one of those at a fraction of the cost! Your group might also build a few rods to sell and make a little money for your club! What a terrific opportunity that can be both educational and profitable!

How does the program work? Well it’s really pretty simple!

Mud Hole has put together a terrific kit for the High School Fishing club. It starts with the instructor’s kit which gives you all the thread, glue, epoxy, mixing cups and most importantly a training video that the entire class can use to construct 10 rods.

Next your group will want to consider investing in the Rod Dryer System and the CRB wrapping system. These items are pretty much a “must” but can be used time and again by the club. Your total cost for all three items is $105 and that will get your club well on its way to building quality rods at a fraction of the cost.

Next the staff at Mud Hole has put together 4 casting rod kits for anglers to choose from as well as one spinning rod option. All of these rods are top quality graphite blanks with EVA split handle grips and Fuji reel seats. This entire lineup sells for $45ea which makes them very affordable compared to the traditional off the rack rods which you buy at your local tackle or big box store.

In order to maximize shipping efficiency (which is included in the price) there is a minimum order size of 6 rods.

How can you use this as a fundraiser you ask?

Well consider the fact that if your 10 member fishing club each bought one blank and you split the Startup kit cost you would have around $56 in each rod that you build. Compare that to what you would pay for a custom rod and you can see where this is going very quickly.

If your 10 rods come out looking good you should be able to price them at $99.00 or more which would net you over $40 each. Now you just put $400 in your club account or you almost paid for your next order from Mud Hole!

Either way, it’s a great activity to have the club work on and it could be very profitable as well!

To see the Mud Hole TBF Program and to place your club order go to the  link below!

https://www.highschoolfishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/TBF-Mudhole-Products-order-form.pdf