Tight Lines: Mark your calendar

■ Beginning Fly Fishing Class: Kenai Peninsula College offers a one-credit beginning fly fishing class, which includes equipment selection and casting, and is geared toward area lakes and streams. Taught by Dave Atcheson, beginning March 20 and running for six weeks. For more information: http://www.kpc.alaska.edu/KPC/

Phone: 907-262-0330

■ Soldotna Trustworthy Hardware and Fishing, Ice Fishing Derby: This derby runs through February 28th and offers a variety of valuable prizes. http://soldotnahardware.com/jce/ice-fishing-derby.html

■ Kenai Peninsula Chapter of Trout Unlimited is planning some fly tying and fly fishing workshops for later in the year. For more info: http://kenaipeninsula.tu.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TroutUnlimitedKenaiPeninsulaChapter

E-mail: kptroutunlimited@gmail.com

■ The Fly Fishing Film Tour (F3T) April 26, 7 p.m. at the Kenai Convention and Visitors Center. This popular tour returns to the Peninsula for a second year and is a fundraiser for the local Trout Unlimited chapter.

E-mail: kptroutunlimited@gmail.com

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