December 2016 - Missouri Trout Fisherman's Association - Springfield Chapter

Reel’n in Cancer

By Bob Randall on Sunday, December 11th, 2016 in Fishing Wisdom, Meetings, No Comments


MTFA members: Since many of you don’t follow our MTFA-Springfield Facebook page, you have missed an important post.  So, I’ll show it to you below. Tyler Strothkamp and his family have been members of the Springfield Chapter for years.  Mark, his father, usually brings his sons to our meetings.  They stopped coming late last winter.  I […]


12-06-2016 Branson meeting, a good one!

By Bob Randall on Thursday, December 8th, 2016 in Branson, Fishing reports, Meetings, No Comments


Well, all I can say if you missed the meeting at the Lion’s Club Hall of the Branson MTFA – you missed a Great one. Caroline Parker from River Run Outfitters, told us where to fish, when the water is running and when it is not running. She showed and talked about the flies that […]


12/03/2016 By-law change at State meeting

By Bob Randall on Sunday, December 4th, 2016 in Branson, Meetings, No Comments


We succeeded in changing the MTFA-State Council By-Laws at the meeting at Montauk State Park on Saturday, December 3.  The changes which concern the formation of new chapters will provide a clear pathway to becoming a Provisional Chapter, and then a full chapter.  Of course, this is good news for what I call our Branson […]


12/01/2016 Christmas Party report

By Bob Randall on Friday, December 2nd, 2016 in Meetings, Social Events, No Comments


It was a good party. I never counted heads but looking at the catering payment sheet, I think we had about 75 people in attendance. We catered the food this year. Food was good, serving went smoothly, everybody seemed to have a good time. The raffle/auction raised a final total of $684 for charity for […]