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Club Meeting - Rik Hafer

Date and Time

Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM

Location

Jamie’s Local Flavor Restaurant
1502 Hwy 62 E
Mountain Home, AR  72653
USA
(870) 701-0145

Event Contact(s)

Mike Tipton
Speaker Coordinator

Category

Club Meeting

Registration Info

Registration is recommended

About this event

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 ResearchProfessor 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.

 





All members are encouraged to arrive around 5pm to have dinner and socialize!