Welcome to the MFFA
Welcome to the MFFA's website. Come check out who we are, and what we are about. Any questions, feel free to reach out to us on our Contact Us page, and we will strive to respond as quickly as possible.
Make sure to check out our events calendar for meeting information, outings, and other activities. You can now join the MFFA or renew your membership on-line! Just click here. Otherwise, print off the registration form here.
You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.
Hearing from a Conservation Officer
Be sure to join us on March 19 at 7:00 PM at the Riverview Community Centre for an information session with conservation officer, Sgt Brock Houndle. This will be an interesting look into the life, duties, and challenges of a conservation officer.
Bugs and Beer
Come join us on Sunday, March 24 for another session of Bugs and Beer at the Trans Canada Brewery from 2-5 PM. This is an unstructured fly tying session so please bring your own gear and tie, or just have a beer and socialize. Beginners, feel free to sit with an experienced tier and learn a new pattern or technique. For new members this is a chance to socialize and learn from the more seasoned members.
If you are planning on attending please email Mike Corrigan so we can book enough space. And here's a new twist, if you are struggling with a fly pattern, a tying technique, or possibly a pattern for an upcoming outing please email Mike Corrigan. He will try to pair you up with an experienced member for a one on one session!
Phil Rowley Coming to Winnipeg
The MFFA is excited to have Phil Rowley return to Winnipeg on April 5-6. Phil is one of Canada's preeminent stillwater fly fishers, and is always willing to share his vast experience. Check out his newest book, The Orvis Guide to Stillwater Trout Fishing, an amazing resource for fly fishers. He will be speaking Friday evening at 7-9 PM at the Riverview Community Centre and Saturday at the Holiday Inn South from 10 AM to 4 PM. Phil will be discussing effective presentations and retrieves, back swimmers, boatmen, and chironomids, still-water fly lines, and a lot more. He'll also be demonstrating some favourite tying techniques and pattern. These sessions are free for MFFA members. You can join here. Whether you're a beginner or an advanced fly fisher, there is always something to learn from Phil Rowley!
Outings for 2024
The MFFA outings are now open for registration. If you are interested in hosting an outing, you can find more information here. For more information about each outing click here. To register for an outing you can do so on-line by clicking here or by speaking to Ron Enns.
Fly Fishing School is Back in Session!
We are now accepting registration for our Fly Fishing Courses. You can find lots of information about our courses by clicking here. If you'd like to register for a course, just click here. Our courses come with a free one-year membership to the MFFA.
Conservation Notes
MFFA Conservation Objective: To encourage and support all persons and agencies dedicated to the preservation of clean water and good fishing, and to actively promote sound conservation practices and resource management in Manitoba.
Catch and Release
We support safe fish handling techniques when practicing catch and release angling. Further information can be found here (provided by the Swan Valley Sports Fishing Enhancement group.)
The MFFA received a $9000 grant to develop place educational signage promoting safe fish handling techniques. More information will be coming soon but an excellent resource can be found at KeepFishWet.org.
Trail Enhancements
The MFFA presentation of the new Kingfisher Angler Access Trail signs to Whiteshell Provincial Park Senior Interpreter Adam Collicutt.
Underwater Camera
New Whiteshell River underwater camera system has been successfully installed.
Here's a sample of the underwater camera in action:
MFFA River Rehabilitation Efforts
Everyone can check out pictures of the Whiteshell River Enhancement Project provided by Bruce Cameron here. And while Covid restrictions certainly limited the MFFAʼs activities, we were still able to participate in a Whiteshell River Conservation outing in Spring 2020. Check out some great shots and information here.
You can check out the Whiteshell River Fish and Habitat Survey from 2008 by clicking here.
More Conservation News
Check out what the Swan Valley Sport Fishing Enhancement group is doing in the Duck Mountain area. It's all in their newsletter here. Or check their Facebook page here.
What's New on the Website
The 2023 Spring Primer and Jim Townsend's Mooneye presentation are available in the member's Articles tab.
There is now a mayfly emergence chart compiled by Will Milne in the member's Articles tab.
We are pulling together a Wiki page on the water bodies we commonly fish. Members are able to add lake information, photos, fishing reports, etc. for everyone to benefit from. Check out the information on Footprint, Bower, Twin, and a couple others here.
Do you have suggestions to improve the Wellman cabin or updates on the cabin. Members can now submit them here.
Forgotten where you saw that article in the Newsletter. Our MFFA Newsletter now has an index going all the way back to 2016. Find it here.
Thanks to our 2023 corporate sponsors!
MFFA is proud to acknowledge the following corporate sponsors for their support of our annual fundraising banquet and other activities:
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