Eight-year-old Harper Lester, left, of Cassville, accepts a bowl of chili from Sharon Yoker, fellowship coordinator for the Southwest Missouri Fly Fishers Club, at a club gathering at Roaring River State Park on Saturday. Sheila Harris/ sheilaharrisads@
Cathy Jones, a member of the Southwest Missouri Fly Fishers Club, angled for another trout after a Saturday chili lunch and fishing event hosted by the group at Roaring River State Park. Jones and her husband, Tom Jones, traveled down from their vacation home at Bennett Spring for Saturday’s gathering at Roaring River. Sheila Harris/sheilaharrisads@gmail.com gmail.comDuring a chili and fly-fishing gathering at Roaring River State Park on Saturday, Sharon Yoker, fellowship coordinator for the Southwest Missouri Fly Fishers, explained that the club, based in Springfield, is for anyone who likes to fly fish. “We have 100 members, primarily from the Springfield, Ozark and Nixa areas,” Yoker said. “There’s a small annual due and meetings are held monthly at South Haven Baptist Church, in Springfield.” In addition to meetings, the group hosts monthly fly-tying workshops and periodic casting classes, Yoker said. Southwest Missouri Fly Fishers is a local charter club of Fly Fishers International. Photo by Sheila HarrisSue Myers, left, of Joplin, and Mark and Sarah Levels, of Webb City, with the Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma (MAKO) Fly Fishers Club, joined the Southwest Missouri Fly Fishers at Roaring River State Park on Saturday. The group took a break from fishing to enjoy chili prepared by Sharon Yoker, fellowship coordinator for the Southwest Missouri Fly Fishers Club. Sheila Harris/sheilaharrisads@gmail.comTom Jones, with the Southwest Missouri Fly Fishers Club, based in Springfield, prepares to release his fifth catch of the day during a chili and fly-fishing gathering hosted by the club at Roaring River State Park on Saturday. Jones and his wife Cathy traveled down from their vacation home near Bennett Spring for the Saturday event. Sheila Harris/sheilaharrisads@gmail.com
