2026 Spring Meeting | SDAFS Trout Committee

SDAFS Trout Committee members and guests at the 2026 annual meeting held at Norfork River Resort in the Norfork, AR. Left to right: Jim Habera (TWRA), Maggie Coffey (TWRA), Blake Stephens (MO DOC), Joe Kaiser (ADGF), Eric Griffen (AGDF), Mike Williams (OK DWC), Christy Graham (AGDF), Jake Rash (TU), incoming TC Chair James Miles (GA DNR), TC Chair Tyler Hern (USFWS), and Chris French (GA DNR). Not pictured: TC Chair-elect Nathan Hayes (KY DFWR).

A Norfork Tailwater Rainbow Trout.

Norfork Tailwater

The 2026 SDAFS Trout Committee’s annual meeting was held April 21-22 at the Norfork River Resort in Norfork, AR. The theme for the meeting was: Navigating Extremes in Southern Trout Management –Science, Strategy, and Survival in an Era of Extremes. The Trout Committee would like to thank Christy Graham and the AGFC staff for graciously hosting our group on the Norfork Tailwater and TC Chair Tyler Hern for his leadership during the past year.