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, […]

Iowa Casting for Recovery retreat was held October 6-8, 2023 at Strawberry Point.  This is a nationwide free retreat for breast cancer survivors introducing them to each other and nature through the therapeutic sport of fly fishing.  The retreats are open to women with breast cancer of all ages, in all stages of treatment and […]

The Dubuque Fly Fishers (DFF) is a chapter of the Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association.  DFF promotes fly fishing, fly tying, conservation, and fellowship.  DFF meets twice monthly, from late summer to spring, at 6 p.m., at the Swiss Valley Nature Center, 13606 Swiss Valley Road, Dubuque, Iowa. 2nd Monday, September to May – Presentations, club […]

The Iowa State Fair Fly Tying Contest flies were judged on Wednesday August 9, 2023.  The judges were Paul Domoto, Keith Wunder, and Dave Rosset.  The results are shown below.  Thanks to all who entered.  The quality of all the flies was very good. Junior Division Dry Fly Category 1st Place                   Josiah Cornelder    […]