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Interested in learning how to fish, but money is tight, or you want to be sure you like the sport before laying out cash on gear? Then the tackle loaner program is for you.

15—The tackle loaner program is a program in which we provide different sites with basic fishing rods and reels and some very basic tackle so that citizens can borrow that equipment and go fishing.

Ann Miller coordinated aquatic education program at parks and Wildlife before retiring last year. Checking out loaner tackle is simple.

15—Each tackle loaner site has a simple form that the person who check out the equipment would sign, saying that, “yes”, they will bring the equipment back. And you will just leave an ID there. You can check it out for up to a week.

Anyone over 17 needs a fishing license to check out equipment, unless you decide to fish in the boundaries of a state park. Persons under 18 must have an adult check out the tackle for them. There are many loaner sites across the state.

07—And you can access the locations of those tackle loaner sites through our Internet site.

[Taj Majal fishing blues :06]

The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program supports our series, and is funded by your purchase of fishing and hunting equipment and motorboat fuels.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti.

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