by Jay Yelas | Dec 17, 2018 | Fishing Tips
Hey folks! Jay Yelas here with your C.A.S.T. for Kids Fish Tip for this month. Today, I’d just like to go over terminal tackle selection. I want to set you up for success with your child. What I recommend first off is you go bait fishing. Get yourself...
by Jay Yelas | Nov 22, 2018 | Fishing Tips
Hey folks! Jay Yelas here with another C.A.S.T. for Kids fishing tip! These little rods, you know they come equipped with pretty heavy line, like 10-pound line. You can catch a pretty good size fish with these little Cadence rods. It’s really amazing! The...
by Jay Yelas | Nov 20, 2018 | CAST for Kids
Life’s little miracles come in all shapes and sizes and sometimes fishing is the key to enlightenment and transformation to impact one child’s life and their families too. After so much adversity in their lives, Bailey age 18 and her brother Taylor, age 5...
by Jay Yelas | Nov 14, 2018 | CAST for Kids, Fundraising
Watch this video featuring these amazing kids overcoming adversity! Our Texas event and gala were a huge success this year. We had fifteen celebrities attend and raised...
by Jay Yelas | Nov 2, 2018 | CAST for Kids, Coordinators
I, Jim Behnken, Western Regional Director, just finished up the very first ever C.A.S.T. for Kids event held in Lubbock, Texas. Located in the High Plains of West Texas, Lubbock is not a part of the country known for having lots of lakes for fishing opportunities....
by Jay Yelas | Oct 26, 2018 | CAST for Kids
Jeff’s daughter and niece catching fish with Kylie for the day! As the Eastern Regional Director for the C.A.S.T. for Kids Foundation, I (Jeff) am blessed to be able to travel to events throughout the country to meet many wonderful children, their families and...
by Jay Yelas | Sep 28, 2018 | CAST for Kids
Co-Captain Alyssa and her fishing family for the day at Hagg Lake in Oregon As a first time participant as a co-captain at the recent CAST for Kids event at Hagg Lake, OR it was inspiring for me to see all the smiles on the kids faces. We loaded up the...
by Jay Yelas | Sep 21, 2018 | Fishing Tips
Hey folks! I’m Jay Yelas and time for this month’s fishing tip! What I want to talk today about is how to carry your equipment properly. I see kids at C.A.S.T. for Kids events, they’ll get done fishing and they’ll put their rod straight out and...
by Jay Yelas | Sep 18, 2018 | CAST for Kids
Chuck and his son, Joshua have been attending the C.A.S.T. for Kids event at Sarg Hubbard Pond in Yakima, Washington since it began 12 years ago. This year, due to lack of funding, this event almost got cancelled. But Chuck couldn’t stand by and let that happen....
by Jay Yelas | Aug 27, 2018 | CAST for Kids, Fishing Tips
Hey folks! I’m Jay Yelas here at the C.A.S.T. for Kids event. Today, I’m fishing with Courtney. Here’s your tip for today: you always want to clean the weeds off of your hook. Right where we are fishing today catching some blue gills there’s a...
