JC I've had kids catch their first fish. I've helped kids tie their first fly. Like coaching I've never under stood parents not experience these little life moments with their own kids. They really are yours only so long. Ny favorite story concerns preparing a meal. I'm teaching the scouts how to filet a blue gill. I didn't know that one of the scouts younger twin brothers age four were watching. I made the first cut and felt two pairs of eyes pop wide open and heard one scream "He's opening them up" I never saw two little kids run so fast dive into their parents van and hide for the rest of the class. I'm still the guy who traumatized the twins. I know some people are strict catch a release.I probably release 98% of what I catch also,but one of the aspects of the merit badge is you must teach both. I think it's good for kids to realize that what they eat was once a living breathing thing not just something under plastic in a store.