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.

Fly Fishing Setups-Stu Thompson

Be sure to join us on Tuesday, April 23 at 7:00 PM for an evening with Stu Thompson who will be speaking to us about setting up your fly rod for best success in a variety of circumstances.  Stu is one of Manitoba's preeminent fly fishermen and has a lifetime of experience that he is willing to share with us.  This will be an especially helpful session for those with less experience, but if I know Stu, old-timers will pick up a few tricks as well.  We will be meeting at the Riverview Community Centre.  

Fly Fishing/Fly Tying Courses

2019 Fly Fishing Courses

NOTE: Our May 4th and May 5th Fly Fishing Courses are now full.  If you are interested in our course you are welcome to inform Marcel Duval at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  You will be placed on a standby list.  If, due to unforeseen reasons, someone currently registered has to pull out of the course at the last minute, we will contact the first individual on the standby list and offer her/him the available position.  We will go down the list as required until we find someone able to fill the available position.  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 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.

Conservation Notes

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 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

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.

What's New on the Website

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

Members can review the Wellman Cabin Lottery presentation on line 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 Articles and Links page now has a Library option listing all the fly fishing books available for us to borrow.