Michael Brown is From Milton, MA. 
08 Year    He wanted to get his Eagle Scout badge and his project was "Get the Lead out of Fishing"  He did quite a bit of research on his project and has accomplished many great things.  He did receive his Eagle Scout this past year and along with that he was National Boy Scout winner in the Field and Stream Heroes of Conservation program in September. 
He was featured in an article in the December/January issue of Field and Stream Magazine. President’s Environmental Youth Award.  He is the DEP Region One winner.  He will be one of ten individuals who will be presented with this award by the President in Washington during the April school vacation.
His “Get the Lead Out of Fishing” project has been chosen for the Volvo Adventure Award.  He will represent the United States at this United Nations Environmental Program in Gothenburg Sweden on May 9 – 14.  This trip will also include 4 other members of St Agatha Troop 5 Milton who helped out with the project. 
About a dozen other teams from around the world will compete for a grand prize of $10,000, a second prize of $6000 or a third prize of $4000 which the winning team can use to continue the project.  The team will present their project before a panel of international judges while in Sweden.  They will also have an opportunity to tour the area and participate in activities with other teens from around the world.
Just goes to show how far a great Eagle project can take you – the State House, Washington DC to meet the President and now onto Sweden! 
What's new this your?  09 Year
Mike is actually receiving a $10,000 grant from SeaWorld to continue his project (May 1).  Most of this will go to creating Public Service Announcements encouraging people to make responsible (non-lead) choices when they shop for fishing tackle.  He came to realize that he could not see every angler at every fishing derby, nor could he stand next to every person while they were buying weights.  But he could make them aware of the problem and teach them to buy responsibly.  He is up for a much larger grant from another organization in New York – again to put toward creating PSAs. We’ll see what happens with that.  Keep up with Mike’s on his  website at (www.replacelead.com)

Great Job Michael we are proud of you

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Eric Sheley is From Longmont, CO
He competes professionally as a bass fisherman.  He has had  great success using the BossTin weights.  His journey as a professional bass fisherman has brought him to be one of the few great young men in the eyes of fisherman.  Watch for him.  More to come soon. 

Eric Sheley
Hometown- Longmont, CO
Tournament Experience 11 years
2007 Mile Hi Bass Pioneers Angler of the Year
B.A.S.S. Entries-4
Times in the money-3
Highest Finish- 2nd, Lake Amistad 2007 Bassmaster Central Open, Co-Angler Division
Favorite Technique- Flipping
Favorite Body of Water- Red River,Shreveport, LA


Well Done Eric.  Keep up the outstanding work!
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Jacob Wall is from Jacksonville, OR. 

Jacob is 13 years old and has always wanted to fish.  He and his Dad go to all the tournaments they can find every year.  Jacob and his Dad I fished a 2 day team tournament at Lake Shasta in California. They finished 1st by over 2 lbs. beating a field of 8 boats of adults. Jacob did great not only locating fish but finding a successful pattern to fish them. It was his first 1st place finish in an adult tournament. Not bad for a 13 year old.

Jacob competed last weekend at the BASS Jr. state qualifier and the Casting Kids state championship. He placed third in the fishing tournament and won the casting event again this year. He will be competing in the divisional casting May 17th in Cour d'Alene, ID.

Jacobs fishing schedule this year is as follows:
Date                   Venue                     Location
April 19-20        Crater Bass                Lake Takenich, Oregon Coast
April 26            Oregon BASS Jr.           Willamette River, Portland, OR
                      State Qualifier
May 3-4           Crater Bass                Dorena Lake, Cottage Grove, OR
May 16-17        BASS Western            Coure D'Alene, Idaho(If he wins state)
                      Division Qualifier
May 31            Roseburg Veterans       Ben Irving Reservoir, Ten Mile, OR
                     Jr. Bassmaster
June 14           Roseburg Veterans        Lost Creek Lake, Trail, OR
                     Jr. Bassmaster TBF
                     Qualifier
July 19-20        Crater Bass                 Ten Mile Lakes, Oregon Coast
August 15-16    TBF National Guard       Columbia, SC  (If he wins state, he will go to this)
                      Jr. Worlds
Sept. 13-14      Crater Bass                  Irongate Reservoir, Northern CA
Nov. 6-8          BASS Jr. Worlds             Milford Lake, Kansas(If he wins state and divisional)
TBA                TBF State Qualifier        TBA
 
(TBF is the FLW or Wal-Mart affiliation, BASS is Bass Anglers Sportsman Society)

New Update:
Jacob finished 2nd in the Western Division  and 11th in the nation in his age group at the National Guard Junior Worlds. We want to thank you so much for your sponsorship. He used the dropshot weights to catch his fish. He really likes them! He'll be fishing in Sept. for the 2009 BASS Oregon State qualifier.

We are Proud of you Jacob.  Keep it Up