Phil Rowley has been fly fishing for over 35 years. His love of fly fishing has taken him across North and South America. He has pursued trout, Atlantic and Pacific salmon, char, pike, walleye, and numerous other species on the fly. But, Phil is probably best known for his stillwater exploits. A former commercial fly […]

Davy Wotton from Northern Arkansas is a nationally known fly tyer,  fly fishing team coach, and guide for the White, the Little Red, the Norfork, and several more blue ribbon streams.  He will give two talks and one featured fly tying demonstration at our 2027 HFFA Annual Meeting & Show.  The show will be at […]

2027 HFFA Show Information   Fellow HFFA Members & Guests, The 51st annual HFFA show dates are Friday night February 5 and all day Saturday February 6, 2027. The show will be held at the Courtyard by Marriot in Ankeny, Iowa. Hotel address is 2405 SE Creekview Drive, Ankeny, Iowa 50021. Hotel phone number is […]

This report from Mike Schrader describes how the HFFA demonstration of fly tying came to be.  Thanks to the following members that donated their time and skill to this effort: Mike Schrader, Joe Wedum, Dale Sanders, Paul Wright, James Barnhart, Jeff Moore, Lance Zook, Patrick Burns, & Bill Trilk. editor’s note from Don Otto HFFA […]

The fly-tying competition was held at the 2026 Iowa State Fair.  This competition has been developed and sponsored by the Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association (HFFA) with support of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).  There were 16 entrants with 52 flies entered into the competition from across the state.  There were 3 entrants in the […]

Cub Scouts from Pack 24 of Riverdale Heights Elementary School, learned to tie flies, shared fishing pictures, and took home both newly-tied and member-gifted flies, while attending a meeting of the Quad City Fly Fishers (QCFF) on Thursday, January 15th, in Riverdale, IA. After teaching one of the scouts to tie flies, club member Dick […]