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.

Be sure to join us on Tuesday, October 15th at 7:00 PM at the Riverview Community Centre.  Mike Corrigan and Stu Thompson will be speaking to us and demonstrating the ins and outs of production fly tying.  And don't forget to pick up your tickets for the International Fly Fishing Film Festival on Oct 22nd.  More info here.

On Saturday Oct 20 from 2-5 PM we will have our first "Bugs and Beers" session. We all get together for fly tying at the Trans Canada Brewing Company for free range fly tying so bring your gear and just tie whatever you like.  Or just have a beer and socialize.  Beginners should feel free to sit with an experienced tier and learn now patterns and techniques

Our awards night is coming up Nov 12.  Be sure to get your Big Fish entries in now.  The species conversion chart is available here.  You can print off the form here and turn it in to Jim Townsend at our weekly meetings, or sign in and submit your entry on-line here.  You will be given the opportunity to upload a picture if one is available.

 

The IF4 is coming back to Winnipeg on Tuesday, October 22 at the Park Theatre at 7:00 PM.  This is a fantastic event for fly fishers and others alike.  You can buy tickets on line by clicking here, but tickets will also be available at our club meetings and at the door for $10.  If you really want to get excited, check out some of the trailers by clicking here.

The renovations for the club cabin at Wellman Lake are now complete!  Here are the before and after shots.

      

For members hoping to book the cabin, you can do that on line by clicking here.

2019 Fly Fishing Courses

NOTE:  If you are interested in our fly fishing course please inform Marcel Duval at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or let us know on line.  Just click the On-Line Registration link above and select MFFA Fly Fishing School Registration or click here.

You will be placed on a standby list.  Should the standby list grow to a normal course load of 15, the MFFA will look at running another course in late summer/early fall.

Click here for lots more information regarding our fly fishing courses.

Fly Tying Courses

If you are interested in learning to tie your own flies we have a terrific one-day package for you.  Just contact Marcel Duval by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and provide your name and phone number, and make reference to the Fly Tying Course (FTC).  Or you can register your interest on line by clicking here.  Once we have sufficient people on the list we will schedule a course and advise everyone.

We provide all the equipment and material for the course, no need to bring anything.  Cost is $40 for MFFA members and $50 for non-members.   We run this course from October to April.

You can now join the MFFA or renew your membership on line!  Just click here. 

The survey results for the 2019 member fly pattern knowledge base is now available to our membership here.

Members can book the Wellman Cabin on line here.

Our 2019 Spring Primer is available to members here.

Everyone can check out pictures of the Whiteshell River Enhancement Project provided by Bruce Cameron here.

For our registered members, check out the Great Links page which now contains a link to Chris Greaves "Cooking with Chris" cookbook. Included are recipes for Chris's amazing fish batter, hot sauce, and Al's fantastic seafood chowder.

Our member's Great Links page now has a Library option listing all the fly fishing books available for us to borrow.

Bruce Cameron

If you're like me, by this time of year you're looking forward to wading a flowing river again in the hopes of convincing a trout to inhale one of your newest Winter creations!  Then mark Saturday June 15th (Postponed for now, check back for new dates) on you calendar when once again the MFFA will be working on our latest Whiteshell River Enhancement Project.  We hope to complete work on the Knigfisher Angler Access Trail along with assisting AAE Tech Services with their installation of the MFFA's New In-River Underwater Camera System (the "WOW" or "Window on the Whiteshell").  As always there will be fly fishing opportunities and a hatchery tour associated with this effort.  All interested volunteer members and guests are asked to register with Conservation Chair Bruce Cameron at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. along with filling out the required volunteer agreement  and backcountry labourer waivers, and if a guest, the guest waiver found on the MFFA website and bring them with them.

New River Signs

Underwater Camera 

New Whiteshell River underwater camera system was successfully installed this week.

    

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.  And for more information on their 2019 projects, click here.

 

 

 

Thanks to our 2018 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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