Floating Swinging Bridge to Lobo Landing on the Little Red River

This is a 7 mile float on the Little Red River below Greers Ferry Dam near Heber Springs. Swinging Bridge (aka, Barnett Park) is the third public access point (JFK Park is the first, then Cow Shoals) on the Little Red. We did this float on 7/23/22, and started at 10:30 am, well before the dam releases water. On a hot summer day, this float is a great way to beat the heat! For all the details on this float, including a Google Map, coordinates, and other helpful info, please visit our blog post here:
www.arownbackyard.com/2022/08...
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[@randallgrubbs9286]

I love seeing the little red getting some love. Heber is my hometown

[@AROwnBackyard]

@randallgrubbs9286 I grew up in Beebe and spent a lot time around Heber. Really great lake town.

[@billmccullough2323]

Thanks for this video! I have been doing my work on this stretch and yo

[@AROwnBackyard]

You're welcome! Glad you like it. Thanks for the feedback!

[@WholeOtherLevelOutdoors]

Nice float. Good show as usual. 🛶 🎣 ✌️ 🙏

[@AROwnBackyard]

Thanks brother! Glad you liked it. Always appreciate your feedback.

[@GatewoodBrown]

Beautiful river! Added to the list for sure!

[@AROwnBackyard]

@Gatewood Brown thanks for the watching and for the comment! Yep, it's a pretty float. I'll be back for sure.

[@GatewoodBrown]

@@AROwnBackyard The upper stretches also look intriguing. AR is phenomenal!

[@AROwnBackyard]

@Gatewood Brown Yep, my next float on the Little Red, I'm gonna try doing JFK Park to Swinging Bridge. It might be a little more reliant on the Dam though, not sure. I'll have to look into that.

[@GatewoodBrown]

@@AROwnBackyard I’ll be tuned in if you decide to make a video of that section

[@AROwnBackyard]

@@GatewoodBrown right on! It will probably be mid-to-late summer on that one. Gotta float the rain-dependent ones first while the water lasts! Then I'll move on to the spring-fed and dam-fed floats.

[@jonathannoblim7667]

How long is the float

[@AROwnBackyard]

Please see first sentence in the description. All details can also be found in our blog post here: www.arownbackyard.com/2022/08/22/swinging-bridge-to-lobo-landing-on-the-little-red-river/

[@CasksnQue]

That’s a great spot!

[@AROwnBackyard]

It is! I really enjoyed it!

[@terryhurst4823]

Just wait till they start generating, you won’t have to paddle any! Great video!

[@AROwnBackyard]

Thank you! Yeah, I'll have to try that. My crew, we like to stop and hang out on the river...and from what I've been told, that's harder to do when they're generating. But I'll give it a go sometime.

[@trekandtable7833]

You probably know this, but if you want water in the summer, Ouachita River from Remmel to Rockport is one of your best bets. Great video on of the Lil Red.

[@AROwnBackyard]

@trekandtable7833 Thank you! yep, I have an article for that float on my blog, but no video. It really is a great float. I like it a lot. The only problem is that on weekends during the summer dry season, it's been getting extremely crowded the last couple of years. It's a pretty big party out there. That's fine, but the parking is now a nightmare. And you occasionally hear about break-ins and kayak theft at Rockport. A shame, because I really like that float. I appreciate your comment though!

[@AROwnBackyard]

@trekandtable7833 - UPDATE: I made another trip to Remmel and now have a video of Ouachita on the channel. And they have recently expanded the parking area at Remmel Dam. Lots of people floating but the party didn't seem to get out of hand. It was a good float!

[@trekandtable7833]

@@AROwnBackyard great video. We did that last summer and started too soon, but we were fishing. It was sloooow.

[@roybrewer7865]

. . .just plowing right through everybody's fishing spots. . . .jeeeze

[@AROwnBackyard]

Yeah, we probably should have turned around and paddled back upstream. 🙄

[@LouisianaBlackwaterFlyFishing]

Brah, I adore your channel.. I wish we had rivers like that here in Louisiana. Can you recommend any decent fishing creeks near the Murfreesboro area besides the Little mo?

[@AROwnBackyard]

Thank you! You've got a cool channel going on over there yourself! Man, I hate to say it, but I'm not quite as familiar with the rivers down south Murfreesboro. But you can go 30 minutes north of there to Glenwood and fish the Caddo River. It's great for smallmouth bass fishing. And then another 30-ish minutes north of Glenwood is Mt. Ida. The Ouachita River runs through there and is also great smallmouth fishing.

[@jske845]

Some of my family died on the swinging bridge wen it fell

[@AROwnBackyard]

I'm very sorry to hear that. It was definitely a very sad and unfortunate event.