The Iowa State Fair Fly Tying Competition was held at the 2024 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 19 entrants with 59 flies entered into the competition from across the state.  There

Kirk Rosenow will lead a group of HFFA members discussing fly fishing in Iowa. This presentation will be at 1:00 to 2:00 pm on August 16th at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources courtyard stage at the Iowa State Fair. This will be a great opportunity for those interested in learning about fly fishing in

Hawkeye Fly Fishers Association will hold its 2025 Annual Meeting and Show at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and Convention Center February 21, 22, 23, 2025. The Hyatt is located at 300 East 9th Street, Coralville, Iowa 52241. Quad Cities and Dubuque Fly Fishers are joining forces to organize the meeting and show. Volunteers, vendors, and

  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

The Iowa State Fair will be held August 8 through August 18, 2024.  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

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