Welcome to AMFF’s 2023 Fly Fishing Festival Raffle! Tickets are available online through August 10, and on site at AMFF’s Manchester, VT campus on Saturday, August 12. The raffle will be drawn at 3PM EDT on 8/12/23. Hit the button below to buy raffle tickets and win prizes from these great companies! Al Ducci’s Apricot […]
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AMFF On The Water In NYC This Fall Honoring Andy Mill
We’ll be kicking back and having fun at Chelsea Piers on October 19 as we honour the one and only Andy Mill. Leave your tie at home and join us for what promises to be an amazing evening. After starting with an outdoor reception overlooking the Hudson, we’ll then move inside and, surrounded by the […]
AMFF 16th Annual Fly Fishing Festival on August 12th
‘Mending The Line’ Screening & ‘Guiding Star: The Legacy Of Jose Wejebe’ Exhibit Our 16th annual AMFF Fly-Fishing Festival will take place on the museum grounds in beautiful Manchester, Vermont, on Saturday, August 12, from 10 am until 4 pm. This is our signature event of the summer, featuring a unique collection of vendors, painters, […]
October 19: AMFF Honors Andy Mill With The 2023 Heritage Award
On the evening of October 19, the 2023 Heritage Award will be presented to Andy Mill at Chelsea Piers in New York City Andy Mill has led a sporting life with few contemporaries. Beginning his outdoor career as a downhill ski racer, Mill was a member of the U.S. Ski Team from 1969 to 1981, […]
Nancy Zakon to Receive AMFF’s 2023 Izaak Walton Award
AMFF is pleased to announce Nancy Zakon is the 2023 Izaak Walton Award honoree. This event will take place online via Zoom on March 13 at 8:00PM EST, followed by a complimentary, celebratory reception on March 14 at the Key Largo Anglers Club at 6:00 EST. The Zoom portion will be the story-telling stage […]
The 2023 Robert Traver Fly-Fishing Writing Award: A Call for Submissions
The John D. Voelker Foundation and the American Museum of Fly Fishing (AMFF) are pleased to announce that submissions are now being accepted for the 2023 Robert Traver Fly-Fishing Writing Award (the Traver Award). The award is named after Robert Traver, pen name for the late John Voelker, author of Trout Madness, Trout […]
Nancy Zakon To Receive The 2023 Izaak Walton Award
AMFF announces Nancy Zakon to receive the 2023 Izaak Walton Award, online on March 13 at 8:00PM EST, followed by a celebratory reception on March 14 at the Key Largo Anglers Club. The Zoom portion will be the story-telling stage for some of our greatest female pioneers: Mary Bloom Fanny Krieger Sara Low […]
AMFF Honours the 30th Anniversary of the film ‘A River Runs Through It’
AMFF Honours the 30th Anniversary of the film A River Runs Through It with the 2022 Heritage Award The American Museum of Fly Fishing hosted its Heritage Award event honouring the 30th anniversary of the film A River Runs Through It on November 3 at The Racquet and Tennis Club in New York […]
AMFF Launches New Logo
Rebranding AMFF: Water + Fish + Fly Change is hard for some, impossible for others and challenging for most – yet it remains the ever present ingredient in every aspect of our lives. When I think about the commonalities we all share, I find myself recalling Norman Maclean’s brilliance, “Eventually, all things merge into one, and […]
2022 Robert Traver Fly-Fishing Writing Award Results Announced
The John D. Voelker Foundation and the American Museum of Fly Fishing (AMFF) are pleased to announce the winner of the 2022 Robert Traver Fly-fishing Writing Award: “A Dog Named Fish” by Frank Sargeant of Guntersville, Alabama. Mr. Sargeant’s story is a warm, humorous, but heartrending story about a man and his dog who […]