Join a club: The Buckeye United Fly Fishers, Inc. (BUFF) and the Northern Kentucky Fly Fishers (NKFF) are both based in the Greater Cincinnati area and offer classes and outings.

• Log on: Buckeyeflyfishers.com or Nkyflyfishers.org.

Try these upcoming events:

• Sunday: BUFF Beginning Casting Class

• Thursday: Nature Academy Kids Fishing Derby, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Corinth, Ky.

• Thursday, Aug. 26, Sept. 23: NKFF Fly-Tying Frenzy Night, 7 p.m., South Hills Civic Center (continues every fourth Thursday of the month)

• Aug. 5: NKFF Outdoor meeting at Duck Creek Country Club, 5 p.m.

• Aug. 5: Lie & Tie West, 7-9 p.m., Bass Pro Outdoor World (first Thursday every month)

• Aug. 13-22: Federation of Fly Fishers National Fly Fishing Week

• Aug. 14: BUFF Picnic, Little Miami Canoe Park

• Aug. 21: NKFF fly-fishing show at Camp Ernst Lake, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

• Aug. 21: BUFF program with Little Miami at

Nisbet Park

• Aug. 25: Lie & Tie East, 7-9 p.m., Batavia Presbyterian Church (last Wednesday every month)

• Aug. 27-29: Casting for Recovery Retreat, Deer Creek State Park

Need equipment? Try these stores:

• Adrien Fly-Fishing Outfitters

7829 Cooper Road

Cincinnati, OH 45245

Phone: 794-1100

affo.com

• Bass Pro Shops

Outdoor World

300 Cincinnati Mills Drive

Cincinnati, OH 45240

Phone: 826-5200

basspro.com

• Delamere & Hopkins

2708 Erie Ave.

Cincinnati, OH 45208

Phone: 871-1777

bestgear.com

Know your limits: Get information on state fishing licenses and regulations.

For Kentucky, go to: fw.ky.gov.

For Ohio, go to: www.dnr.state.oh.us/wildlife

Watch it: Check out Craig Troescher's local cable fishing show.

• Campbell County - Channel 21, 9 p.m. Friday, Noon Saturday

• Boone and Kenton counties - Channel 21, 6 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. Saturday

• Norwood - Channel 23, 3 p.m. Monday, 9 p.m. Wednesday

• Anderson Township - Channel 15 or 22, 8 p.m. Thursday, 4 p.m. Saturday

• Other areas - Channels 4, 15, 17, 18, 22 or 24 (depending on location), 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, 6 p.m. Thursday

Hot spots! Some of our sources' favorite local places to fly-fish:

• Brookville Tailwaters (Whitewater River), Brookville, Ind.

• Elkhorn Creek, Franklin County, Ky.

• East Fork Tailwaters, Clermont County

• Little Miami River, flows through Ohio for more than 100 miles

• Mad River, flows from Zanesfield to north of Dayton

• For a longer trip: Cumberland Tailwaters, Russell and Clinton counties, Ky.

Colleen Kane