By fly anglers,
for fly anglers.
FlyFishFinder started with a simple belief: the more we know our water, and each other, the better we fish and the better we protect it.
A better day on the water starts before you leave the house.
Too much of fly fishing comes down to guesswork: where to go, how to get on the water, and whether it is even worth the drive. We set out to close that gap with the most detailed fishing map we could build, paired with live conditions that tell you what the water is doing right now. Not to replace time on the river, but to make more of it count.
Built by hand, one water at a time.
We were not in a rush to get to market. Development began in 2019 with one goal: build the most useful mapping and discovery platform made specifically for fly anglers.
Rather than lean on user-submitted pins, we researched, curated, and verified our layers from state-level authoritative sources, one water at a time. Our maps are built only from authoritative sources and backed by first-hand experience, for catch-and-release anglers who care about protecting fisheries. Trout streams, warmwater rivers, wild trout sections, gold-medal and blue-ribbon waters, access points, and more. Then we paired that map with real-time conditions, so the app does not just show you the water, it tells you when it is fishing.
Community, education, and clean water.
Waters worth protecting
We want these waters pristine and these fish here for generations. Conservation is part of the point, which is why spot sharing is kept intentionally private to protect fragile fisheries.
Knowledge, passed down
The more anglers learn from each other, and from the guides who know these waters best, the better we all fish and the better we care for the resource.
A real community
Connect one to one with anglers near where you fish and where you are headed next, without the noise of traditional social media.
Meet the founder.
Andrew Boeddeker started FlyFishFinder in 2019 as a self-taught fly angler who wanted an easier way to find new water and people to fish it with.
With no one to teach him the ropes, he learned from YouTube and plenty of tree tangles. He taught himself to build software the same way, and has put nearly 5,000 hours into researching, cleaning, and standardizing the data behind the map alone.
When he is not with his three daughters, he is usually working on the app, or sneaking out to fish the backwater Driftless streams close to home.
"I built FlyFishFinder because I wanted it to exist. A tool made for how fly anglers actually think, that respects the water as much as we do."
