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NAFF Annual Christmas Party

Big Creek Country Club

Thursday, December 5th, 2024

6:00pm - ???

The cost person is $20.00. This is a Member's Only Event, Registration is REQUIRED. Each member can sign up a Guest. For more information, including menu choices, "Dirty Santa" information, and to register for the event, please click on the link below.

NOTE - because this is a Members Only event, you will need to sign into the website with your username and password to be able to register for the event.

NAFF 2024 Christmas Party

NAFF's Weekend with an Expert

Nov. 9th & 10th, 2024

NAFF Weekend with an Expert - Mac Brown - 11/9/2024

October Meeting

Rick Hafer

How Did Rainbow Trout Come to the Ozarks?

Tuesday, October 15th, 2024

5:00pm - 8:00pm

Jamie’s Local Flavor Restaurant

1502 Hwy 62 E

Mountain Home, AR

How Did Rainbow Trout Come to the Ozarks?

So how did rainbow trout end up in Missouri and Arkansas? Rainbow trout are not native to most of the states in which they currently reside, including Missouri and Arkansas. How did this come about? Well, it all started with salmon…

Rik Hafer is an economist, author, and fly fishing enthusiast. During his career he has worked as a research economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, was a Distinguished Research Professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and most recently served as Director of the Center for Economics at Lindenwood University. In addition to his academic work, his articles on fly fishing, the introduction of trout, and the role of railroads have appeared in the St.Louis Post-Dispatch, The American Fly Fisher, and Railroad History.

Everyone is encouraged to arrive by 5:00pm to order dinner and socialize!

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

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