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. 

You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.

2022 MFFA Fund Raising Banquet is Coming Up!

The annual MFFA banquet is coming up on Saturday, November 5!  It will take place at the Viscount Gort.  Our host for the evening will be Ace Burpee!  Ace is the host of Virgin Radio 103.1 "The Ace Burpee Show" and is an avid fisherman.  Tickets are $45 each and can be purchased at our weekly meetings or on-line by clicking here. Doors will open at 6:00, with dinner at 7:00 PM.  This will be a fun and exciting event! 

Knot Strength Testing

Be sure to join us on Tuesday, October 11 at 7:00 PM at the Riverview Community Centre. when we will be testing the strengths of some of our favourite knots and leader materials.  You might be surprised!

MFFA Fly Fishing Courses

Our next course will be run on Saturday May 6 2023.  If the demand exceeds the course capacity a second course will be run on Sunday May 7 2023.  

Information emails detailing course administration will go out to all registered individuals in the spring of 2023.  

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

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

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. 

We are fortunate to present a PDF document of flies that former club member Gerry Beck contributed to the seminal Canadian fly bible "Fly Patterns of Canada".  Author and compiler Paul Marriner provided the MFFA the PDF of Gerry's flies for us to enjoy.  Thank you very much Paul!  Click here to download the PDF

Members' profiles and stories are now available on the website.  Members can read some great stories by clicking here or going to the Members Area tab.

Members check out this great article by Scott Gardner from Outdoor Canada on life-changing leader information. Just click here.

Members can now view club fly tying demo videos 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.