LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A free fishing clinic for children is set for Saturday at a state fishing hatchery in Valentine.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and the Valentine Lions Club are sponsoring the event.

Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. and the clinic starts at 10, rain or shine. Free rod-and-reel combos provided by the Nebraska Walleye Association and other donors will be handed out to the first 75 registrants.

Participants in the morning will learn about knot-tying, casting, lures and baits, fish identification and water and boating safety. After lunch, the children will fish one of the hatchery ponds stocked with rainbow trout.