THE ORIGINS OF THE AFF: Back in the mid to late 1960s, a fly fisherman casting his line on an Arkansas tailwater would be an odd sight to the bait and lure anglers drifting by in their johnboats. There just weren't that many fly fishers around in those days. So when one fly fisherman came upon another of his kind on the banks of the White, Norfork, or Little Red rivers it was not unusual for them to strike up a conversation and make an effort to get to know one another. These serendipitous encounters would establish a common ground for the future formation of fly fishing clubs in Arkansas, including the first Federation of Fly Fishers-affiliated club formed in the state--the AFF.

Whether it's assisting Arkansas Game & Fish Commission employees with fin clippings and electro-shocking or improving the habitat on a particular section of river; helping to stabilize and restore a river bank as an AG&FC "Stream Team" member or supporting the Nature Conservancy's Strawberry River Preserve and the AG&FC's Collins Creek Project; fighting to halt gravel mining on Crooked Creek and teaming with other conservation groups to stop the proposed damming of Bear Creek or planting brown trout eggs at Cow Shoals on the Little Red River; for over three decades Arkansas Fly Fishers has been committed to living up to its motto of "Conserving and Restoring" the fisheries of Arkansas.