FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 12, 2011
Media Contacts: Craig Brooks, (903) 670-2222, craig.brooks@tpwd.state.tx.us; Larry Hodge, (903) 670-2255, larry.hodge@tpwd.state.tx.us

Master fly-fisher to teach class at TFFC Jan. 14

ATHENS—Expert fly-fisher Bob Cappallo of Corsicana will teach fly-fishing for beginners at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens January 14, 2012, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
The class is open to adults 18 and older. No fly-fishing experience is required. Equipment will be provided, but students may bring their own. 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 persons. Registration deadline is January 13. Checks should be made payable to “Friends of TFFC.” For more information or to register for the class, call Craig Brooks at (903) 670-2222.

sounds like fun

Oh .great! thanks for sharing!

Is this full already? I would like to go and have left two messages but haven't heard back from anyone.

Sounds like a fun time, I have been teaching myself this last month and bought an online guide. Casting 50-60ft now but haven't been fishing due to the weather here in WA.

There is a new class Feb. 11. Slots are available; call Craig Brooks at (903) 670-2222 to register.