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Taking the bait: Get hooked on fly fishing at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center
Fly Fish Texas brings together people who love fly-fishing and those who want to learn about it. Misa Ishimura, left, travels all the way from Lakeview, Ark., to teach casting. - Photo courtesy of Larry D. Hodge, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
By Zach Markovic, zmarkovic@starlocalnews.com
As the area slowly makes its way out of winter, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department invites Sunnyvale and Dallas County residents out on March 9 to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center as Fly Fish Texas returns.
The goal of the show is to teach visitors to tie a fly, cast a fly - and catch a fish with it - all in one day, with the focus on fly fishing in Dallas County urban creeks. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All Fly Fish Texas activities are free with regular paid admission to the center.
Fly Fish Texas emphasizes hands-on learning and immediate application of newly acquired skills. Visitors can collect aquatic insects from the center's streams, tie a fly to imitate one of those insects under the supervision of a skilled tier, learn to cast it from a casting instructor certified by the Federation of Fly Fishers, then use it to catch a rainbow trout, catfish or sunfish from one of TFFC's stocked ponds or streams.
Beginning casting instruction will take place all day in the Conservation Center parking lot, again on a walk-up basis. Other sessions will teach single-hand and Spey rod casting at scheduled times.
Vendors will be displaying and selling fly-fishing gear, and seminars will brief visitors on where and how to fly-fish in Texas fresh and salt waters for a variety of species.
Featured presentations include fly-fishing the Llano River in Texas, trout fishing in Colorado, fly-fishing urban creeks in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, fly-fishing for carp, flies and tactics for spring bass and fly-fishing Texas bays for red drum and speckled seatrout.
While most activities at Fly Fish Texas are offered on a walk-up basis, others are scheduled. For a complete schedule of activities and seminars plus a video of the event, visit http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/tffc and click on the Fly Fish Texas link.
Food service will be available onsite, or attendees may bring a picnic.
Event sponsors include Sabine River Authority, Best Western-Royal Mountain Inn, Holiday Inn Express-Athens, Super 8-Athens, Temple Fork Outfitters, Orvis-Dallas, Cripple Creek Bar-B-Que, First State Bank, Red Hat Rentals, Wulf Outdoor Sports and Friends of TFFC.
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