Discover Fly Fishing at WILSON’S

Just a reminder that hatch charts for many of the rivers in southern Ontario are available on our blog and all of the flies you need for the upcoming season are feverishly being tied in our store by our in-house production fly tier James Wachiuri under the watchful eye of our manager Vasilios “Bill” Katraouras. [...]

If you are looking for the best flies available for Ontario rivers you should come in and speak with James Wachiuri. Originally from Kenya, James has been a production fly tyer for over 20 years and his focus in our store is to tie fly patterns for our local rivers.
James ties his [...]

Day 2 at the Sportsmen’s Show went very well – I’m told… I woke this morning, walked my dog and hit a brick wall. I think the preparation of the last few weeks finally caught up to me because my body told me it wasn’t interested in doing anything other than gravitating towards [...]

We have been twits for a long time – but now we can prove it ! Check out WILSONSflyshop on twitter.com/

I had a long conversation this week with a friend who has been in the fishing industry for a very long time. He does not own a fly shop but does own a company in the fishing industry and many of his comments are worth sharing but one in particular got me thinking…
This person [...]

This one is easy: buy a day with an Ontario Fly Fishing Guide or Outfitter on one of Ontario’s rivers. Be it a walk & wade, a drift boat trip or a day on a power boat in the Niagara gorge, Ontario has some great fly fishing guides and outfitters who are worth their [...]

I would be stocking up my fly box as follows:
Boyne, Credit, Mad, Noisy, Nottawasaga & Pretty Rivers:
Black Stone Fly, Blue Winged Olive, Hendrickson & Spotted Sedge
Conestogo & Grand Rivers:
Blue Winged Olive & Hendricksons
Beaver, Bighead & Saugeen Rivers:
Blue Winged Olives, Hendrickson, Tan Caddis & Black Quills
Whiteman’s Creek:
Blue Winged Olives, Green Caddis & Hendricksons
If you have [...]