Fishermen looking to reduce their cabin fever will find plenty of events to choose from Saturday.

Penn's Woods West Trout Unlimited will hold its annual free fly- fishing seminar at St. Bede's Church in Squirrel Hill, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Some of the area's most dedicated anglers will talk about equipment, knots, tactics and casting for both novice and veteran fly fishers. There will be a free lunch, and the public is welcome. For more, call Bob Bukk at 412-521-0714.

The Upper St. Clair Fly Fishing Club will hold its first community expo in the Upper St. Clair Township Recreation Center on McLaughlin Run Road. Admission is free. The event includes casting and fly-tying demonstrations and bucket raffles. For details, call Ed DiGangi at 412-805-1593 or visit www.uscflyfishing.org.

Tony Marasco, a Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Hall of Famer and owner of Fly Tyers Vice in Scott Township, will hold a "how to fly fish" program in conjunction with the event. For details, call 412-279-2066.

Muskie guide Howard Wagner will hold his annual cookout in conjunction with Three Rivers Muskie Inc.'s April meeting at the Fish Education Center from noon until 3 p.m. in Fombell, Butler County. The event, which is free and open to all anglers, provides the chance to network with some of tri-state area's best muskie fishermen and includes tackle raffles. For information, call 724-452-4464.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will host an open house at the Linesville hatchery on the shores of Pymatuning Reservoir in Crawford County from noon to 4 p.m. Visitors will see how walleye and muskie eggs are fertilized, how trap nets work, how biologists determine the age of fish, plus electro-shocking and angling techniques, and activity in the 10,000-gallon aquarium. For more information, visit www.fish.state.pa.us.

CastingKids

Ben Tawney of Stoystown in Somerset County, the current Bassmaster CastingKids state champ in the 11-14 age group, was one of 18 finalists for the 2006 CastingKids state championship coordinated last weekend by the Dick's Sporting Goods Keystone Bass Buddy Circuit at nine Dick's Sporting Goods stores.

All of the following finalists advance to the state championship later this year.

In the 11-14 group they are, Tawney, Jordan Zwierzynsic of Sewickley, Justin Stecklein of New Brighton, Clayton Crawford of Bulger, Steele M. Skrenta of Pittsburgh, Tyler Marquis of Pittsburgh, Andrew Sabula of Rural Valley, Joshua Boothby of Washington and Sarah Balcik of Monroeville.

Winners in the 7-10 age group are Luke Cramer of Gibsonia, Peter Conley of Harmony, Seth Bowers of Moon Township, Zach Troy of Bethel Park, Justin Nelson of North Tonawanda, N.Y., Tyler Rager of Loyalhanna, Kristin Gallagher of Murrysville, Jacob Rechichar of Grindstone and Shayna Teahan of Dravosburg.

Bass Buddy circuit

The Dick's Sporting Goods Keystone Bass Buddy Circuit will hold its first tournament of the season Saturday at Lake Arthur in Butler County, with sign-ups at 6 a.m. First place pays $2,000 and 100 boats guarantees the top 20 teams win cash. New teams are welcome.

For more information, visit www.kbass.com.