The Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Museum Association (PFFMA) preserves the heritage of Pennsylvania fly fishing, its role in the conservation of our natural resources, and the contributions of those associated with fly fishing in the Commonwealth.  This heritage is a rich and most important one.  The earliest recorded fly tyer was Davis Hugh Davis, a Quaker and Philadelphia innkeeper in the 1770's.  The modern fly rod owes its form and grace to Samuel Phillipe, the Pennsylvanian who was first to design and build a six strip cane fly rod so superior that by the mid- 1870's, six-strip split-cane manufacture was in common use for quality rod building in the United States.  Gifford Pinchot, fly fished Pennsylvania’s Sawkill River and was a two term Pennsylvania governor .  Prior to that, Pinchot was advisor to Theodore Roosevelt and was one of America's leading advocates of environmental conservation at the turn of the twentieth century.    These persons and others like them have had a prominent influence on the sport and its resources.

 The PFFMA is establishing itself as the leading organization in the collection and preservation of this rich fly fishing heritage of Pennsylvania.  The Museum works with fly fishers, historians, and conservationists to collect materials and will develop exhibits and programs that reflect all schools of the Pennsylvania fly fishing tradition.  We have much to discover; much to preserve.

The PFFMA is an all-volunteer organization and is a federally recognized non-profit association.

 Our Board of Directors is uniquely qualified to pursue the mission of the Museum.  Among the directors are both Pennsylvanians and those associated with the state’s fly fishing tradition.

PFFMA Board of Directors...

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