After watching a fishing show last spring, I did a little research into the subject of that show.  The Maj. Steven Andrews Fishing Outreach Program was founded by his lifelong friend and fishing buddy. The former Marine and pro fisherman started introducing vets to this great sport and has been for over four years now.

After an outing, he supplies gear to them in hopes that they will continue to enjoy fishing.

Although, as a tourney fisherman, he has product sponsors that supply rods, reels and tackle boxes, he has difficulty stocking the tackle boxes. I came up with over a dozen new lures, hooks, bobbers etc. that I'll never miss and shipped them off to him. That was last June.

Well, after organizing my gear recently I came across packages of hooks and sinkers I'd picked up on clearance and decided to send him another package.

If you guys have excess gear, old or new you may consider sending some of it off to him.It's a great way to say Thank You to our vets and feel good about yourself at the same time.
 You can google the program and find contact information there.  Thanks for taking the time to read.

Perfect timing ... I have a bunch of good stuff I would like to donate.

 

Is this it?  

 

http://www.fishingoutreachprogram.com/Home.html

I did the same last year also. I've been stocking up on closeout gear this fall and winter to send those guys. It's a great program. I also help out my local high school fishing club so them kids can have a positive experience.

After watching a fishing show last spring, I did a little research into the subject of that show.  The Maj. Steven Andrews Fishing Outreach Program was founded by his lifelong friend and fishing buddy. The former Marine and pro fisherman started introducing vets to this great sport and has been for over four years now.

After an outing, he supplies gear to them in hopes that they will continue to enjoy fishing.

Although, as a tourney fisherman, he has product sponsors that supply rods, reels and tackle boxes, he has difficulty stocking the tackle boxes. I came up with over a dozen new lures, hooks, bobbers etc. that I'll never miss and shipped them off to him. That was last June.

Well, after organizing my gear recently I came across packages of hooks and sinkers I'd picked up on clearance and decided to send him another package.

If you guys have excess gear, old or new you may consider sending some of it off to him.It's a great way to say Thank You to our vets and feel good about yourself at the same time.

 You can google the program and find contact information there.  Thanks for taking the time to read.

 

 

Perfect timing ... I have a bunch of good stuff I would like to donate.

 

Is this it?  

 

http://www.fishingoutreachprogram.com/Home.html

 

 

I did the same last year also. I've been stocking up on closeout gear this fall and winter to send those guys. It's a great program. I also help out my local high school fishing club so them kids can have a positive experience.

The sport needs more people like you all.  Be sure to support him and  as many local high school teams as possible.  If you have a  few free weekends be a volunteer boater, it really helps out. Especially for college teams, they may have a tournament on your home lake and a volunteer boater puts more people on the water. 

my donation pile is getting out of control. i keep saying i'm going to take it all to BPS during the classic sale but it's a 2hr drive and I haven't gone the last 2 yrs.  I'm going to look into shipping it to them.

I am expecting about a foot of snow this weekend.  Perfect time for me to browse through my collection and prepare a care package for them.  

 

Their address is on the link I provided above.  In case you don't want to go there it's

 

 

Major Steven Roy Andrews Fishing Outreach Program Inc.

c/o Joe Kowalski - President

60 Sunset Road

Cheshire, CT 06410

I'll go through my tackle this weekend, I'm sure I have plenty of plastics to donate...

Done....thank you

Got two boxes filled to the brim with plastics, lures, line, and braid. Hope to see my extra tackle get vets & kids hooked on fishing !!

 

I know Joe will be happy to pass everything along to the guys.  On their behalf, let me be the first to thank you.  BTW hooligan, you know you're going to go out and buy more stuff and so am I.  It feels good to do this and also gives us an excuse to go out and get more stuff