Upstream Adventures Field Staff Page!!!!

Eric "Obed" Smeltzer

Glory to God! Happily married to my BEAUTIFUL wife Anna; we are blessed with three great girls - Elizabeth, Kara, & Mandelyn. We operated Camp Living Stones, Inc., a Christian adventure camp in East TN for 10 years before moving to Mtn. Home, AR to serve as Recreation Pastor at First Baptist Church. We love the outdoors - hiking, boating, fishing, and videoing hunts. Our hearts are set to encourage others to know Christ & His Word and enjoy the abundant life He gives.

"He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to act justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God." -Micah 6:8

David Small

I was raised in the Mountain Home area, graduating from Norfork High School in 1982. The Lord blessed me with my long life partner Tammy Banning who was also raised in the Mountain Home area. God blessed us with four children, three girls and one boy. Alicia (23) who is married to Bryan. God blessed them with their first child Brayden (2) and blessed Tammy and me with our first grandson. Ashton (19) who is married to Brett and Kristin (21). All of our children live in Mountain Home. We have one son Dustin (14). I have been in Law Enforcement for 24 years and I am an Arkansas State Trooper. I enjoy working with our youth, spending time with my family in the Ozark Outdoors ,and hunting with my son Dustin.

"Train a child in the ways he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." -Proverbs 22:6

"As the Deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you O God." -Psalm 42:1

Dean "Fireman" Hinrichs

I’ve been married to my awesome wife, Anita, for 22 years. We have been blessed with 4 children, Colton & Corey 14, Jeremy 13 & Jill 8. Our family loves spending time together in God’s great outdoors, boating, fishing, shooting archery and hunting. I am committed to my family, and Upstream Adventures has shown me how to be the leader in my family, my church and my community. Anita & I own and operate Ozark Fireplace Center, Inc. in Gassville, AR.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding: in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." -Proverbs 3: 5-6

Joey "Cowboy" Miller

A 1986 Graduate of Watson Chapel of Pine Bluff, AR. Married to Christie DeeAnn Cox of Mountain Home, AR. Father of three, Carly, Tristan, & Joseph (JD). Employed by the Corps Of Eng. at Bull Shoals Dam as a journeyman mechanic.

"My passion for the outdoors and wanting to serve the Lord is why I'm onboard with Upstream Adventures. 'The words of a Man's mouth are deep waters; the wellspring of wisdom is a flowing brook.' -Proverbs 18:4"

Cowboy

Brad Coleman

Born and raised in Mountain Home, AR, Brad grew to love bow hunting, turkey hunting, duck hunting, and fishing. Brad attended college at UCA and Dental School at Memphis, Tennessee. He is married to his wife, Cara, and they have been blessed with a beautiful daughter, Whitten. While practicing dentistry in Mountain Home, Brad continues to enjoy the same outdoor activities that he grew to love as a boy.

Jack Leach

Having grown up around the bayou waters of Louisiana, Jack began his outdoor adventures early in life under the mentoring of uncles who lived for the two seasons…fishing and hunting! These same uncles also played an important part in training him for what was to be his career in the residential and commercial glass business, leading Jack later to purchase North Arkansas Glass in 1985 from its original owner. Jack and his wife, Dee are the parents of 3 grown children and 6 grandchildren, all of whom also enjoy outdoor life activities. In addition to Jack’s love of hunting and fishing, Jack and Dee also enjoy S.C.U.B.A diving, appreciating the beauty of God’s creation under the sea. They have had wonderful experiences from the Caribbean to the far Pacific remote islands of Palau and Guam.

Jack says it doesn’t get any better than the beautiful Ozarks for the variety of outdoor adventures and beauty to be enjoyed.

“He has made everything beautiful in its time.” -Ecclesiastes 3:11

Andrew "Tubs" Tuberville

Born in LA, lower Arkansas, I have been huntin' and fishin' all my life. I Graduated in 2000 from SAU Tech in Camden, AR with a Associates in Electronics. That moved me to Mountain Home in May of 2000 to work for Baxter Healthcare As a Technologist. Here the Lord blessed my with a great family, my wife Sheryl and two wonderful daughters, Haley 6 and Maci 2. I am honored to be a part of Upstream Adventures which has helped me to grow closer to the lord and be a part of a great family at First Baptist Church.

"Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms." -1 Peter 4:10

Mike Jaeger

Nick "Fish" Salmon

Eddie "Ace" Helmert

Brook Mahan