Being the president of a fly fishing club for the last two years has taught me lots.

Here are my suggestions (in no particular order):

1. Have someone come in monthly to present a program related to fishing, kayaking, etc. This could be as simple as someone from this forum who has knowledge of various types of fishing from a yak or it could be a professional from a kayak manufacturer pro staff, etc. This would liven up the program and give them an outside perspective on the sport. (in fact I'd volunteer to come do an "Urban Fly Fishing" presentation which involves bank fishing, kayak fishing, and kick-boat fishing on the fly.)

2. I have found, through teaching high school aged students, that they really enjoy being mentors. That being said get them involved in teaching 7th and 8th graders who are about to move up into high school. You'd be surprised how well that works to grow the program. Those MS kids can't wait to move up and you're creating angler educators not just fishermen.

3. Make sure you have plenty of "OTW" time for your group. Classroom is great but the more time spent on the water the better.

4. Get them involved in RISE, HOW, or some events where they see folks creating a better life for themselves through fishing. THIS IS LIFE CHANGING!!!

5. Find other groups similar to yours and have some small tournaments.

Hope this helps.

My website is below in my signature and it has all my contact info. I'll help all I can.

Our clubs mission is to grow the sport of fly fishing through education, conservation, and outreach. It's working!!!

We are located in east Dallas. Bishop Lynch High School. Not everybody has kayak or canoe. I did purchase for the clu one kayak and two canoes. We meet Wednesdays after second period and usually every week. We receive a lot of support from school. In order to sign up for the club they just come to the meetings and they are in. We usually have an outing, usually at Ray Hubbard or White Rock lake, then talk about it at the next meeting.

Create a blog and document your adventures.

This creates a platform for you to share your adventures and the knowledge you obtain through these experiences, and most importantly, it displays the accomplishments of your students.

It also promotes your club in several ways: it attracts new members, it attracts potential sponsors, and it increases the public reach of the program allowing you to create a network of people who can provide a wide range of assistance (food, kayak rentals, equipment, transportation, angling advice, etc).

1) Talk to some local guides and see if they will do some species specific or multi-species tips and tricks presentations.

2) To further motivate and educate them volunteer with a local Boy Scout troop to help get them fishing badges.

3) Watch the forums for fly and jig tying get togethers and teach them the art of making the lures they catch fish on.

Good Luck!

I'm loving the ideas that everyone is giving. I appreciate them so much. I have been keeping minutes for every meeting that we have had for the last two years...

10 is pretty good IMO. No kid wants to be in a club that's no fun. so you must be doing something right. you might open it up to other kids from other schools in your area too. this way youd have 20-30 participating members. just remember you cant please em all.
always asked yourself, what am i offering these kids?
id focus on helping them learn to catch #'s.
HOW YOU ASK?
bill dance can learn em what those green fish like:

flash
vibration
scent
color
structure & or cover
etc.

Also the importance of:
depth
instinct
location
speed / presentation
personal touch
etc.

show them lures that work & talk about the differences & how they are used & why. take em to the water with those lures just to have them chunk n wind em. this way they can feel the different action/vibration. get a couple of bass pros to meet yall out there. take em to cabela's & the outdoor world. set up buckets to flip & pitch into for prizes from the stores & maybe win their favorite lures. take em into the fly shops to look & touch all the different flies. have them talk to those folks. let em learn to tie two knots while they are in there. Encourage them to ask questions. IMO they need to see touch n feel many different types of lures & seeing & feeling them move through the water is important too. Talk to them about what makes it attractive to a bass & why. Teach them to match the prey for the season. Order some blank lures online & have them paint & put them together.
They should be takin pics of fish they caught with those lures. Always talk about whats working right now and why. Submit their catch to the school office/publication for the school news. Feb-March are easier to catch the bigs. If they are catching & having fun they will want to be apart of your club IMO.

Great stuff Zombie, the list of ideas grows. I just bought the ff which will be something else I can teach them. Humminbird 561

Saw this while surfing the internet. Not endorsing, recommending, know nothing about the vendor, just FYI.
http://directboats.com/fikapade.html

Awesome. Unfortunately it has to go on our wish list.