[acabtp]

it depends on the type of parents you have for your den... you know the type, the ones who build their kids whole pinewood derby car for them including a professional paint job, etc. if you've got some of them that will be doing it for the kid instead of letting the kid do it themselves then yeah, get them licensed up. casting = fishing.

if they are actually just baiting hooks and untangling lines, then i would say no license is required.

one thing that i would say that everyone else has missed so far... you should encourage the parents to get licensed up anyway! they should be fishing WITH their sons, not just standing around watching. and that way, when the kids ask to be taken fishing again later in the year, the parents are ready to go as well.