LMFR Foundation

It is confirmed that John Dean, Broken Bow city manager, will be at the September meeting to discuss the status of the Rereg Hydropower dam cleanout project and where that project stands as of right now. We also have some other possible but unconfirmed guests that you will want to hear from.

Also don’t forget that this is the meeting where new Board members will be elected. Plus catered food and lots of friendly folks trying to make the LMF river one of the country’s best trout rivers!!Make plans to join us and get in on some of the great fall fishing that will be going on then.

Check under Area Information and there is now a place for fishing and conditions reports. These will be posted periodically and hopefully help enhance your enjoyment of your time on the river!!! Thanks for looking!!

We are lucky to have some very talented and generous members in our organization. One in particular is Lewis Barringer who I met several years ago as he showed me around the river. I had a great time and really enjoyed our time together on the LMF. Lewis now builds some beautiful bamboo fly rods by hand right here in the southwest.

Tickets are available at Three Rivers Fly Shop, the tickets are $10 each. These rods are normally $1100 retail, but you might win this rod with just a $10 investment! Or buy 20 or 30 tickets and you are still getting a screaming deal on a handmade bamboo fly rod!!

Lewis has hand built a bamboo fly rod and given it to the LMFRF to raffle off to help us keep working hard on making the LMF a world class trout stream. In Lewis’ own words:

My name is Lewis Barringer.  I’ve been fly fishing most of my 50 years.  I grew up in California where Rainbows and Browns were common and during the summer I would backpack to the high country for Golden Trout.  My father built rods but passed away when I was young, so I learned to build rods on my own with the help of many websites.  Having only been building for the last 2 years, I feel I’ve made good headway and I build a good rod.  I build all my rods by hand and I don’t see any reason to ever change.  It seems that hand crafting is becoming a lost art.  Some things should never fade away.

I fish the Lower Mountain Fork often because it’s close to home and the fishing is great.  The Foundation has done a lot for the fishery and I’m proud to be a part of it and always look forward to new projects.  There are so many things that we, as a group, can do to improve the river and I know that in time we’ll get many, many things done.  Enjoy this rod.  It’s made to be fished, as are all my rods.

Lewis Barringer

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From Pat Waters:

New Radio Repeater Tower For Park

A long time problem in Beavers Bend Park has been the ability of the Park Rangers and other emergency personnel to communicate with each other by radio.  Some areas had no signal at all and in other areas the radio was being used by maintenance and cleaning as well as law enforcement.  This was not only a problem; it was a danger to the Rangers as well as the public.

Thanks to The Friends of Beavers Bend and the Lower Mountain Fork River Foundation, a new radio tower with a repeater will be erected near the Park Offices.  This new tower will have a transmission radius of thirty miles and will be accessible from all areas of the Park.  The complete cost of this project to get up and running is $11, 660.66.

The new radio channel will be for law enforcement and emergency personnel only.  This means that the Rangers and Game Wardens will have radio contact with each other when out of their trucks and increase their safety when on duty.  Additional emergency personnel can be called in for water rescue, fire control, or criminal apprehension.

This new tower will go a long way in improving everyone’s safety in Beavers Bend State Park from above the lake all the way down to Presbyterian Falls.

BREAKING NEWS FLASH!!

October 7, 2010 7-9PM

Orvis Dallas is hosting an evening meet and greet at the store for LMFRF and
The Sportsman’s Alliance for Alaska!!! Representatives from both will be there to speak with you. The Pebble Mine is the focus of the SAA and the LMFRF will have info on the projects we are currently working on.

There will be a silent auction as well as a rod/reel raffle. Food and drinks will be served.
Come join us as the proceeds from this will go to both organizations!!! More info to follow as I get it.

If you weren’t aware the LMF river was featured on the TU show “On the Rise” earlier this season and here is a clip from that show. It features LMFRF’s own Robert Woodruff guiding the host Frank Smethurst on the river and catching some beautiful LMF rainbows. Check it out!

TroutUnlimitedNatl — May 18, 2010 — Show 8: Lower Mountain Fork, Oklahoma – Who knew there were trout in Oklahoma? Just across the Texas border, Frank finds fish in a place that TU is actively working to protect.

Trout Unlimited: On the Rise airs 5 times a week on Sportsman Channel.

The minutes from our meeting on 5/15/10 are up on the Meetings page now. Please check them and if you see anything that should be corrected let us know. They are not official and will be submitted for approval at the September meeting.

Along with the re-designed webpage we are also now on Facebook! We have a fan page there that you can follow and see even more updates about the Lower Mountain Fork River and what the LMFRF is doing and when. We are really excited about the new look here and being able to connect with lots and lots more people via Facebook. Check it out!!!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/pages/Lower-Mountain-Fork-River-Foundation/121582697864666?ref=ts

As you can see, LMFRF has a new web site. We’re still working on getting it up to date and things may change. Please leave a comment to let us know what you think.

It’s time to pay your annual dues for 2010.  Click on the Membership tab to do this on-line or you can print out the dues statement to mail. We thank you for your support! This year we are offering a “Lifetime” membership for individuals and a “Family Lifetime” membership for families. If you have any questions feel free to contact us at 580-494-6115. If you have already paid your 2010 dues, we thank you!!!

The 2010 schedule of Foundation meetings can be viewed by selecting “Meetings” from the Events tab. You can also read minutes of previous meetings and catch up on what’s underway.  We hope you will plan to come to our meetings whenever possible.

Our 6th ANNUAL ONE FLY EVENT was held on February 20, 2010. You can read about previous events and see what the rules were for this year by selecting “One Fly” from the Events tab. You can also view photos from this years event under the “Photos” tab.

As always, we will be glad to help you with any of your LMFRF business or answer any questions you might have by calling us at 580-494-6115.