Arkansas White River TU Chapter 698
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    • Rim Shoals Walking Trail

Annual Banquet

Our 2026 Fundraising Banquet will be held Saturday, February 14th.
Get Ready to Show Your Love!
Details posted as they develop.
 Thank You to All Our Great Sponsors in 2025.
Cranor's White River Lodge ~ White River Trout Lodge
CJ's White River Outfitter and Steve Dally Outfitter ~ Mike Tipton
Diamond State Fly Company ~ Ozark Armory

Todd and Diana Griscom ~ Friends of the North Fork and White Rivers

2025 Donations

  • Annette’s Flower Shop – Basket and $50 gift certificate
  • ASU Vada Sheid- 2 sets of show tickets for two, 2 cups and 2 candles
  • Auto Zone – 45 Piece mechanic tool set
  • Baskin Robins – 10 free scoop tickets
  • Beacon Point Restaurant- Three $10 gift certificates
  • Big Creek Golf – Two rounds of golf
  • Bill Barksdale- Picture on canvas – “ Rim Shoals Trout Hunter”
  • Bouquet Palace- Basket with trout clock and other goodies
  • Brick Oven Pizza – 5 free pizza coupons
  • Buddy’s Furniture – TV cabinet stand with electric fireplace insert
  • Butler Furniture – 2 antler lamps
  • C-12 Athletics – 3 month membership
  • Carpet Company - $50 gift card
  • Carter’s Jewel Chest - $ 50 check
  • Clarkes Office Supply- Printing of Banquet programs
  • Clay Henry – Bead head midge selection- 93 flies
  • Connies Café - $ 20 gift certificate
  • Cotton Company – Two trucker caps with embroidered  TU Logo
  • Country Club Liquor Store - $ 25 gift card
  • Cove Coffee - $10 Gift Card
  • David LeMoine- Hand crafted high quality knife with authentication and sportsman’s bible
  • Days Inn- Overnight stay in a suite
  • Diane Mikrut – Eagle picture on canvas
  • El Charo Authentic Mexican Restaurant- Two $25 gift cards
  • EP Designs- Custom Hardwood cutting board
  • Friends Orchard- $ 25.00 Gift Card
  • Furniture Depot- 1 King Set 600 thread count sheets
  • Gassville Meat Packaging Store- $50 gift certificate
  • Gaston’s White River Resort – Sunday Brunch for 4
  • Gregg Farm Supply – Rain Gauge, local honey, Wild Delight bird feed mix, Husqvarna battery powered leaf blower
  • Harps – Two $50 gift cards
  • Heidi’s Ugly Cakes- $25 gift card
  • Hirsch Farm Supply-  Masterbuilt Digital charcoal smoker 
  • Holy Smokes BBQ - $25 Gift certificate
  • Home Depot - $50 store coupon used for hand and feet warmer packs, three pocket flashlights, fleece neck gaiter, multi-purpose tool
  • I Want to Personalized it– Fishing Vest, Carhart Shirt, 2 sling bags and a back pack – all with Chapter logo
  • Images and Things – Wall hanging slate piece with Chapter logo
  • Infinity Massage and Salon – 1 Hour Massage
  • ITS – Spool Safe, Fly drying wheel, Tool Stadium
  • James Dismore – Chainsaw carving of bear with trout
  • James’s Import and Domestic Auto Repair - $50.00 Gift Certificate
  • Jamie’s Restaurant - $ 20 Card
  • John Berry – Mounted fly display
  • Kelley Thomas - $30.00 Gift Certificate





  • KT’s Smokehouse and BBQ- 2 T-shirts, hoodie, two $ 20 gift certificates, Peanut butter pie certificate
  • Lake Norfork Liquor Store – Chivas Regal gift set
  • Lazy Enchilada- $20 gift certificate
  • Letty’s Mexican Restaurant- two $15 gift certificates
  • Lowes- Fire Pit
  • Midtown Spirits- $ 100.00 Check
  • Minute Mechanic – Tire rotation and alignment
  • Mirror- Mirror Salon and Boutique – Haircut certificate
  • Nature’s Way- $ 30 gift certificate, Rochs glass with trout fly images, aluminum pint glass with trout image
  • Nima’s Pizza- $25 Gift Certificate
  • Norfork Outdoor Adventure- $25 Gift Certificate
  • Petite Patisserie- $25 Gift Certificate
  • Pizza Hut – Four $15 off purchase coupons
  • PJ’s Restaurant- $ 50 gift card and Coconut cake
  • Rapp’s Barren - $ 25.00 Gift certificate
  • Renewal Massage- ½ hour therapeutic massage
  • Ron Hulstein – 3 Wooden bowls
  • Ron McQuay – Soft hackle fly selection- 10 dozen
  • Salon and Spa – 1 Hour Swedish Massage
  • Salty Senorita - $15 gift card
  • Sandy Barksdale – Framed print of a water color painting – “ Way Out Trout”
  • Scuba – Doo- 1 month free membership
  • Skipper’s Restaurant – Dinner gift certificate
  • Steve Dally – Picture on Canvas – “ Mist Over White Hole”
  • Sunfest Market – 25 large paper bags, cast iron skillet
  • Susan Griscom – Framed Bill Barksdale picture “ Three Rainbows”
  • Susan Parson’s – 75 beautiful assorted flies in a box
  • Tasty Greens To Go -  $100 Gift Card
  • The Back Forty Restaurant- Two $30 gift certificates, Bud Light Seltzer Bucket and two T-shirts
  • The Grill at Whispering Woods- Two $50 gift cards
  • The Water Store - $50 gift card
  • Town & Country Supermarket - $25 Gift Card
  • Two Rivers Fly Shop- Short handle aluminum catch and release net, Simms low crown black truckers cap, Simms Watch cap, Nebo collapsible lantern, River essentials sure lock fly box, Two Rivers Fly Shop stickers
  • Vance Vision- $50.00 Check
  • Wapsi Fly - Sponsor table coffee mugs and fly-tying tools and materials
  • Warehouse LIquor Store - $100 check
  • White River Trout Lodge- Two nights lodging and a day’s guided fly fishing for two with Mike Sexton
  • White Sands Restaurant- $ 25 gift certificate
  • Wishes and Fishes – Cortland 6 WFF fly line and Christmas Ornament with fly
  • Woods Package Store- Mano's hand crafted Cabernet Sauvignon with Beaver Lake Etching on the bottle.

Past Banquets Photo Gallery
  • Tom Emerick, President 
  • ________________, Vice President
  • Diane Griscom, Secretary
  • Paula Flippin, Treasurer
  • Bill Thorne, Past President
  • Abe Blumenthal, Board Member
  • Jack Curtis, Board Member
  • Robin Curtis, Board Member
  • Hunter Dismore, Board Member
  • ​Courtney Blank, Board

Telephone

870-736-4799

Email

[email protected]

MAIL

PO Box 52  ~  Gassville, AR 72635
  • Home
  • Meetings
  • Join Us
  • Annual Banquet
    • Sponsor Table Perks
  • Chapter Programs
    • Roundhouse Shoals Access
    • Bull Shoals Road Improvement
    • Amazon Smile
    • Dry Run Creek
    • Egg Planting Program
    • Trout in Classroom
    • Rim Shoals Walking Trail