The Iowa State Fair Fly Tying Competition was held at the 2025 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 are 3 divisions: junior, adult, and expert.  There are four categories: dry flies, wet/nymph flies, […]

The Fly Tying & Fly Casting Event sponsored by Johnston Public Library, North Bear Trout Unlimited, & Central Iowa Fly Fishers was held on June 7, 2025.  There was a very good turnout of 18 participants and about 8 instructors.  The session started with the librarian welcoming all to the library and wishing them good […]

The Iowa State Fair will be held August 7 through August 17, 2025.  We will be holding the Fly-Tying competition once again this year.  I am sure everyone has practiced tying their favorite flies and are willing to enter them in the state contest. The Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association will again be sponsoring the Fly-Tying […]

  The 2024 Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association (HFFA) Annual Meeting & Show was a remarkable success, drawing fly fishing enthusiasts from across Iowa and beyond to the Hyatt Regency in Coralville from February 16-18. Even Mother Nature lent a hand with blue skies and clear roads. The three-day event featured an outstanding lineup of expert […]

Ronda Long, HFFA workday coordinator and Dan Kirby, biologist with IDNR set up a combined effort to remove vegetation from a section of Big Mill Creek near Bellevue, Iowa that had major restoration several years ago. On September 30, 2023 a persistent group of HFFA members and other volunteers armed with loppers and sturdy gloves, […]