Your Awesome Angler Name for National Hunting and Fishing Day
By Debbie Hanson
Aug 23, 2015
National Hunting and Fishing Day is coming up on Saturday, September 26th.
National Hunting and Fishing Day is coming up on Saturday, September 26th. So, what better way to join the nation-wide celebration than by awarding yourself with a special awesome angler name for the day? That's right, you can actually give yourself a super cool National Hunting and Fishing Day moniker using the fun formula found below.
Here's how the awesome angler name game works
To get your awesome angler first and middle names, find your birth month in the first list. For example, if you were born in January your first and middle name would be "Swift Cast."
Next, to get your awesome angler last name, find your state of residence in the second list and then read off the name of the waterway next to it. For example, if you live in Florida, your awesome angler last name would be Okeechobee (taken from Lake Okeechobee). When you put both together, your entire awesome angler name is "Swift Cast Okeechobee."
Your Birth Month
January = Swift Cast
February = Hook Set
March = Steady Troll
April = Happy Jigger
May = Terrific Topwater
June = Honey Hole
July = Quick Reel
August = Super Chum
September = Perfect Drift
October = Speedy Lander
November = Fast Net
December = Sure Strike
State You Live In
Alabama = Eufaula
Alaska = Matanuska
Arizona = Havasu
Arkansas = Ouachita
California = Shasta
Colorado = Pueblo
Connecticut = Housatonic
Delaware = Rehoboth
Florida = Okeechobee
Georgia = Lanier
Hawaii = Wailua
Idaho = Dworshak
Illinois = Rend
Indiana = Wawasee
Iowa = Okoboji
Kansas = Cheney
Kentucky = Buckhorn
Louisiana = Pontchartrain
Maine = Cobbosseecontee
Maryland = Chesapeake
Massachusetts = Quinsigamond
Michigan = Charlevoix
Minnesota = Langdon
Mississippi = Perry
Missouri = Jefferson
Montana = Helena
Nebraska = Summit
Nevada = Mead
New Hampshire = Pawtuckaway
New Jersey = Hopatcong
New Mexico = Navajo
New York = Onondaga
North Carolina = Norman
North Dakota = Mirror
Ohio = Maumee
Oklahoma = Keystone
Oregon = Willamette
Pennsylvania = Lackawanna
Rhode Island = Narragansett
South Carolina = Monticello
South Dakota = Lakota
Tennessee = Pickwick
Texas = Inks
Utah = Powell
Vermont = Champlain
Virginia = Abbott
Washington = Chelan
West Virginia = Tygart
Wisconsin = Winnebago
Wyoming = Fontenelle
Now that you have your awesome angler name in time for National Hunting and Fishing Day, want to have even more fun? Share your awesome angler name with me by commenting on the TakeMeFishing.org Facebook post related to this blog. Ready? Set? GO!