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North Arkansas Fly Fishers

Mountain Home, AR


Fly Fishing Community/Education/Conservation

Duane Hada



February Meeting

 

Tuesday, February 18th, 2025

 

New Meeting Location

Jamie's Local Flavor Restaurant

1502 US-62E

Mountain Home, AR

 

All Members wishing to eat or socialize are encouraged to arrive around 5:00pm


Presentation Starts around 6:00pm


Catching That World Record BrownTrout on The Little Red

Duane Hada




Arkansas is home to two world record brown trout catches. One of them is the well known world record brown trout caught on the Little Red River by Rip Collins. Duane Hada was actively involved in that catch and will discuss the targeting large browns.and being part of that legendary catch.


Duane Hada, world-renown artist and fly fishing guide has spent a lifetime honing his craft. Among many accolades and accomplishments, Duane is an Umpqua royalty tier for his Hada Creek Crawler and he is a 2022 inductee into the Arkansas Game and Fish Outdoor Hall of Fame for his work in the conservation of smallmouth bass and his work with faith-based outdoors mentoring program Cross Trail Outfitters. Duane is also the co-founder of The Smallmouth Tour, a traveling smallmouth clinic that gives the most in-depth study into chasing bass on the fly you will find throughout the region.




Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
River Flow Data for the Fly Fisherman

Norfork Tailwater Flows

Bull Shoals Tailwater Flows

SWPA-Generation Schedule

AGFC Trout waters

AGFC Family & Community Stocked Fishing Ponds

How to Use This Water Flow Data

Gene's Resort North Fork River Cams
Recent Blogs
Recent Blogs
Fly Fishing Mentoring Program

If you are interested in learning to fly fish, and don’t know where to start, we offer a mentoring program. It is available to all skill levels. Whether you are new to the area and need to know where to fish, when, and with what, or wonder why you’re not as successful as you hope to be, this program can help. Click on the button below for additional information or to sign up for this program.


Mentoring Program

Fly Tying Classes

We offer two fly tying classes - a beginners fly tying class and intermediate fly tying class.

The beginner fly tying class is hosted through the ASU-MH Community Education Program - Click the button below to sign up for the class or for more information and schedules.

The intermediate fly tying class is hosted by NAFF and more information can be found by clicking the link below.

Fly Tying Classes