UPCOMING: 30th annual LOOP All Release Billfish Tournament, Aug. 9-12, Old Salt Fishing Club, IGFA sanctioned, Longboat Key Moorings, Longboat Key, 319-0568.

UPCOMING: 10th annual Tuna, Wahoo, Dolphin Shootout, Aug. 17-19, Gators on the Pass, Treasure Island, Treasure Island Charities, 363-0071.

Seminars

TUESDAY: Fly-tying clinic, Saltwater Fly Fisherman, Clearwater, 443-5000.

WEDNESDAY: Offshore fishing with Bob Blomberg, Minnows and Monsters Tackle, 3811 S Manhattan Ave., Tampa, (813) 835-1512.

WEDNESDAY: Fly-casting, women only, Saltwater Fly Fisherman, Clearwater, 443-5000.

FRIDAY: Fly-tying, Bill Jackson's, St. Petersburg, 576-4169.

SATURDAY: Fly-casting, Bill Jackson's, St. Petersburg, 576-4169.

SATURDAY: Fly-casting, World Class Outfitters, (813) 968-3736.

SATURDAY: Fly-casting, Saltwater Fly Fisherman, Clearwater, 443-5000.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY: Fourth annual Ladies, Let's Go Fishing two-day seminar, Elks Club, Madeira Beach, (888) 321-5543.

Boating

TUESDAY: Hudson Beach Yacht Club monthly meeting, Hudson Senior Center, Hudson, 868-7037 or 372-7103.

TUESDAY: Safe-boating course, St. Petersburg, 898-8774.

WEDNESDAY: Boating skills and seamanship course, Tampa, (813) 835-4118.

THURSDAY: Safe-boating course, Madeira Beach, 587-7873.

THURSDAY: Safe-boating course, St. Pete Beach, 867-3088.

THURSDAY: Evening race, Davis Island, (813) 251-1158.

THURSDAY: Evening race, Treasure Island, 595-8206.

FRIDAY: Evening race, Clearwater, 447-6000.

UPCOMING: Free kayak demo, Aug. 11, Sweetwater Kayaks, Tierra Verde, 906-0708.

Miscellaneous

DAILY: Boyd Hill Nature Park tram tour, 893-7326.

TODAY: Exercise walk, Lettuce Lake Park, Tampa, Florida Trail Association, (813) 920-0702.

MONDAY-FRIDAY: Southwest Florida marine ecology course, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, (941) 388-4441.

SATURDAY: Guided hike, Brooker Creek Preserve; 943-4003.

SATURDAY: Sea turtle seminar, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, (941) 388-4441.

SUNDAY: Bicycle ride around Palmetto, Manatee County, Suncoast Sierra Club, 392-2821.

SUNDAY: Exercise walk, Lettuce Lake Park, Tampa, Florida Trail Association, (813) 920-0702.

- Send information to Outdoors, P.O. Box 1121, St. Petersburg, FL 33731. All items must be typed and arrive 10 days before the event. Include event name, time, address and phone number.

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