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NAFF Fishing Outing

The next NAFF fishing outing will be at two nice sized ponds located in River Bend in Cotter. One of the ponds is easily assessable by fott, the other by vehicle. Dennis and Amy Galyardt really enjoyed fishing the ponds.

The outing is scheduled for Friday, April 17. We will meet at 8:00 am at the “barn” at the end of the road that you are driving on when you enter River Bend Park. There is a possibility of rain. We are fly fishers, we have wet weather gear, the outing is “rain or shine”!

The club will provide sandwiches, chips, and sodas. Contributions by others will be greatly appreciated.

Contact Mike Tipton 870-404-8845 or tipton1064@gmail.com if you have questions.

We are requesting everyone register for this event to help plan the food needed. This is a Member's Only event, please assure you are signed in to the website (upper right hand corner), then click on this link to register for the outing:

2026-04 River Bend Park Pond Outing

April Meeting

Tuesday, March 21st, 2026

NOTE NEW Location

Leo's Italian Restaurant

759 US-62E; Ste. 431

Mountain Home, AR

All Members wishing to eat or socialize are encouraged to arrive around 5:30pm

Presentation Starts around 6:00pm

I am Bruce Petray. Most people know me from as a “Part Time Employee” at Natural State Fly Shop in Cotter AR. If you know me, you know that I have “Retired” several times but have never successfully accomplished it. I have had the pleasure of fishing with many of you and maybe we actually caught fish. I am sure many of you have been entertained if not dumfounded by my techniques, but I have caught Nice Fish in our area.

I hope to be able to have 3 short conversations with you about the Caddis Hatch on the White River (as it applies to today), the future of our Rivers and the amount of people coming here to fish and what that means to the future of our area and the Rivers we fish, and what my opinion is about the nature of a Fly Shop in the Community and the overall health of the business in the internet world. I do not plan to make these conversations one sided and my wish is that we can discuss these items and understand what we believe to be answers to the questions we all have.

I feel that I will be able to learn some things from you and possibly convey some new information to you. Thank You for inviting me to speak and convers with you about these subjects.

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