club looking for a few new members

[crazyfishinnut]

Hey our schedule is set http://home.insightbb.com/~sokybass/
we are a draw club we fish 9 months and we ARE A KY BASS FEDERATION CLUB out of bowling green

Rodney
Tight lines
NEVER DRIVE FASTER THAN YOUR ANGEL CAN FLY !!!

[crazyfishinnut]

[email protected] 270-991-2286
you dont need a boat we need some non boaters also

Rodney
Tight lines
NEVER DRIVE FASTER THAN YOUR ANGEL CAN FLY !!!

[Danny]

Hey Rodney,

I am thinking I would like to rejoin this year. I was wondering, what is the direction the club is going in? Are we still required to be members of BASS or are we going to need to be members of FLW Outdoors?

I may have another guy interested too. Will let you know.

Thanks for the answers Rodney.

Danny

[crazyfishinnut]

well we have decided to support wholeheartedly the kbf and they are pairing up with the flw. as far as we know we are not required to be flw members like we were for BASS we do however need to pay the normal kbf dues which puts our dues as 50 sumolions
Rodney
Tight lines
NEVER DRIVE FASTER THAN YOUR ANGEL CAN FLY !!!

[Devils Horse]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Jan-24-06 AT 04:42PM (EST)[/font][p]Actually, SOKY club members will need to join FLW outdoors at $25 a year. The annual cost for club/KBF membership is 50 greenbacks.

TBF/KBF has agreed to a package where FLW will give the federation a huge chunk of money ($1,000,000) and have spots in their ALL American and other tourneys for Federation anglers. TBF will use the cash to pay salaries and finance the federation regionals and national. The Federation regionals and national championship have no entry fees. The Federation national champ will also win the 'Living the Dream' package from FLW which includes a wrapped boat, tow vehicle, and professional tourney entry fees for a year.

TBF's insurance covers each of it's members for $1,000,000 liability during any club and Federation events, and each member automatically gets a $10,000 medical and accidental death policy. Fishing without worrying about lawsuits, and my family getting enough to pay for planting me if anything happened is worth $75 a year to me, all else aaside.

The FLW package is FAR superior to anything BASS is offering the "grassroots weekend" anglers under their new Federation Nation (FN) plan. Also the spots in the BASS Classic are not there anymore as far as I can see. In fairness to BASS, their FN plan does have similar insurance coverage.

Another note to anyone who may care. Under the BASS/FN plan your club's charter and bylaws are not recognized, you sign an agreement to abide by their rules first and foremost. What that means to me is you essentially turn your club into part of BASS's tournament circuit, Don Rucks and the ESPN gang will tell you what to do and when you'll do it.

[crazyfishinnut]

This may have changed since I asked Donnie last week and he said that he encourages all the kbf to join flw by being a card carrier but it was not required and all that was required was the 25 in kbf dues to cover our insurance and other expenses. I will make for certain again.
Rodney
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NEVER DRIVE FASTER THAN YOUR ANGEL CAN FLY !!!

[MarkW]

Jim, you do mean $50 for your particular club---right, then another $25 for FLW???? I didn't want anybody getting the wrong idea. It's only $25 for a club member to be a member of the TBF/KBF and $25 to be a member of FLW. So, the $75 you mention is an extra $25 for your club and your club only--not going to TBF/KBF or going to FLW. If all that makes sense.

[crazyfishinnut]

Read my question and answer to Donnie on the kbf page
Rodney
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NEVER DRIVE FASTER THAN YOUR ANGEL CAN FLY !!!

[Danny]

OK Rodney, I'll admit it, sometimes I'm just not alllll that bright. How do I find your question and answer to Donnie on the kbf page?

Thanks,

Danny

[Devils Horse]

Okay, let me try to clear this up some.

Club dues for SOKY are $25 a year. SOKY is a TBF sanctioned club, so to belong to SOKY you have to belong to TBF. TBF dues are $25 a year.

TBF membership is what provides our club members liability/accident insurance and makes our members eligible to compete in the Federation tournament system.

Now, the agreement I read between TBF and FLW stated that 80% of the members in TBF clubs needed to belong to FLW outdoors which costs $25 a year.

I was arriving at the $75 figure assuming $25 club dues, $25 TBF dues, and $25 for FLW Outdoors membership.

I'm hearing now that Donnie Keeton, the KBF President has said FLW outdoors membership is not required, so at this point the whole ball of wax would cost $50.

[MarkW]

Jim,
That's what I thought you meant. Thanks.

[MarkW]

Rodney,
I know what you are saying. I just wanted Jim to clear up the $75. Example---my club only charges the base $25 for the KBF/TBF dues and then we are on our own to join FLW---which I have been a member since back in 1994--so that wasn't a biggie for me. So, a club member in my club would only be out $50 total for the KBF/TBF and FLW. That's all I was getting at. Guess we will find out Sat. about the FLW fees. I really don't see it as a big deal about joining them---but maybe I am missing something. I have been a member of both since 1997---so to me--this year is no different then the past 7 years. Just my 2 cents.