Fly-fishing for beginners coming to TFFC

 Fly-fisher Bob Cappallo of Corsicana will teach fly-fishing for beginners Jan. 14 at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens. The class, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., is open to adults 18 and older.

No fly-fishing experience is required. Rods and reels will be provided, but students may bring their own equipment.

The $50 fee for the class includes entrance to TFFC for the day of the class, lunch and a season pass to TFFC so students can return for more fishing as often as they like.

Instruction will focus on equipment selection, knot tying, casting and fishing for rainbow trout in TFFC’s 1.5-acre casting pond. Catch-and-release fishing is free, but anglers may pay $5 for the opportunity to catch and keep up to five fish.

Cappallo is a member of the Brazos Valley Fly Fishers and lives on Richland Chambers Reservoir. He fly-fishes for trout in New Mexico and redfish and tarpon on the Texas coast. Cappallo also builds handmade fly rods and ties flies.

Reservations are required, and the class is limited to 20 people.

Registration deadline is Jan. 13. Checks should be made payable to “Friends of TFFC.”

For more information or to register call Craig Brooks at (903) 670-2222.