The Organization and its Cornerstones

The Executive Department is the highest authority of the European Fly Fishing Association( EFFA ). It manages the Association according to its responsibilities defined in the bylaws. The ED consists of the president, the vice-president, the secretary, the treasurer and the financial controllers as well as the representatives of the member countries and the chairmen of the EFFA subsections.

The subsections of EFFA try to manage their field of activity in a more or less autonomous way. This means they build their own structures inside the subsection to make the subsection work in the most efficient way. The members of these subsections elect their chairman who represents the subsection in the ED.

The main aim of the Association is the foundation of as many national councils as possible(e.g. EFFA -Germany). These councils (organized as clubs) try to implement the aims of EFFA in their country. The representative of the councils represents the interests of his country in the Executive Department of EFFA .

The ideas and opinions of the single members, instructors and guides are forwarded to the Executive Department via their representatives in their countries or their national councils. The members have the possibilities to bring in their abilities by actively participating in one ore more EFFA subsections.


EFFA-organization chart