Welcome to the Federation of Midland Fly Fishers (Anglia) website. FMFFA consists of 9 member clubs, representing approximately 500 individual anglers. We organise the annual, regional competitions on Grafham and Rutland for these members who wish to compete in the national match organised to select those who will fish for England in International matches. This year, these Qualifiers are on the 10th May at Rutland and on the 26th June at Grafham. The draw for the healthy entry of 56 anglers is posted on the website. The new Anglers Trust which is partially Government funded supports coarse, sea and game anglers. For decades, Governments have been telling us that angling in this country needs a single voice and this is it! The Trust is in its infancy and will take time to impact on game angling. It needs our support to do this. I have become an individual member. My club, the Bedford based East Midlands Trout Fishers Association has also joined. I urge you to become a member too! A future focus of the Trust will be to encourage training by qualified coaches currently supported by the Angling Development Board. We are fortunate that the Federation has two Level Two Qualified Coaches as committee members. They are Allan Sefton, the Federation Secretary and the immediate past Chairman of EMTFA, and Peter Hartley, Committee member and current Chairman of GWFFA. The Federation looks forward to developing new coaching opportunities and supporting instruction for beginners. If there was anything you would like to know about our Federation that you cannot find on the website, please do not hesitate to contact me as I will always be pleased to try and help. I would like to wish you all tight lines for the 2009 Fly Fishing season and look forward to meeting some of you on boat or bank at our local reservoirs and fisheries. Mel Parrott CHAIRMAN FMFFA | 
