He has taught fly
fishing and fly casting for Shelby State Community College, Mississippi
County Community College, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, the Mid
South Fly Fishers, Casting for Recovery, and Becoming an Outdoors Woman.
He is a member of The Federation of Fly Fishers Speakers Bureau and has
been a seminar presenter and fly tier at the Federation of Fly Fishers
National Conclave, the Federation of Fly Fishers Southern Conclave, the
Sow Bug Round Up, the Ducks Unlimited Great Outdoors Festival, and the
Home Waters Expo. John served as guide for Hooked On A Cure.
John is an outdoor
writer and has written two chapters of the highly successful fishing guide,
Home Waters. He writes for several sporting journals and is also a
photographer whose work has been published in several periodicals.
John has been awarded
a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Mid South Fly Fishers. In 1996, when he
was president of the Mid South Fly Fishers, the club received the McKenzie Cup
from the Federation of Fly Fishers as club of the year. In 2004 he received
the prestigious Tall Tale Tellers Award form the Southern Council of the
Federation of Fly Fishers. Most recently John was awarded the Charles E.
Brooks Memorial Lifetime Award by the Federation of Fly Fishers.
408 Combs Ave.
Cotter, Arkansas 72626
(870) 435-2169
www.berrybrothersguides.com
John
Berry is a fly fishing guide on Arkansas’ White, Norfork, Spring, and
Little Red Rivers for trout and Crooked Creek for Smallmouth Bass. He
has been a fly fishing guide in the Ozarks for the past fifteen years. He
is the past president of the Mid South Fly Fishers (two terms). John
served as the Conservation Director for the Southern Council of the
Federation of Fly Fishers. He is a life member of the Federation of Fly
Fishers and the Mid South Fly Fishers. He is also a member of the North
Arkansas Fly Fishers, Federation of Fly Fishers Guide Association, and
the Arkansas Outfitters and Guides Association.