Fishing News
Kids' fishing day to go global
By Abbie Vansickle
The International Game Fish Association joins Matt Tiernan in giving kids a day of fun and a chance to fit in.
CLEARWATER -- Seven years ago, Matt Tiernan had a vision.
Call it divine intervention, a message from God. That's what Tiernan, an ardent Christian, believes. Call it whatever you like. Anyway you look at it, the high school math teacher's simple idea has made a big difference to thousands of kids.
It all started the day Tiernan decided to take his nephew Robert Smith out fishing. Because of an operation shortly after his birth, Smith's legs are severed just below his hips. But that didn't stop Smith from hooking plenty of big ones that day.
It was then that Tiernan, an experienced angler, realized that fishing was one of the only sports in which physical disabilities didn't present a barrier to the participant.
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