The Toronto Sportsmen’s Show is at the Toronto Convention Centre on Front Street beside Union Station and if you tried to come down today you know that the attendance – and traffic – was incredible. Cars were backed up onto the Gardiner Expressway for the better part of the afternoon and just about every [...]
Toronto Sportsmen’s Show Day 4
March 21st, 2010 No Comments
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Day 2 at the Toronto Sportsmen’s Show
March 19th, 2010 No Comments
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 [...]
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We Need Your Help for a Good Cause
March 15th, 2010 No Comments
We have been talking a lot lately about a fund raising event called “Esma Wilson’s Cast for Cancer” which will be held this week at the 2010 Toronto Sportsmen’s Show. All money raised will go to funding cancer research at the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation.
We are hoping this will become an annual event [...]
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More Donations !
March 9th, 2010 No Comments
We would like to thank Bob McKenzie for his very generous donation towards the “Esma Wilson Cast for Cancer” at the 2010 Toronto Sportsmen’s Show! Bob is donating a Sage Vantage fly fishing outfit which includes a Vantage 4 piece fly rod (5, 6 or 8 weight) with a matching 1600 Series Reel, [...]
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Toronto Sportsmen’s Show March 17-21
March 8th, 2010 No Comments
Please plan on attending the 2010 Toronto Sportsmen’s Show March 17-21. This year the show is relocating to the Toronto Convention Centre on Front Street beside Union Station and we are delighted that there will be a 150′ long fly casting lane to test rod outfits.
In addition, there will be a fundraising event for [...]
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The Donations Keep Arriving !
February 24th, 2010 No Comments
We are delighted to announce that Tim O’Sullivan, one of Ontario’s better known fly fishing guides who focusses on the Grand River, has donated a day of guiding as one of our prizes. In addition, MAC Cosmetics has kindly donated a gift basket worth $250 ! We still have 3 weeks to go before [...]
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Another Donation for the “Cast for Cancer” !
February 22nd, 2010 No Comments
We are very pleased to announce that Mike Verhoef of Fly Fitters has kindly agreed to donate a prize for “Esma Wilson’s Cast for Cancer” at the Toronto Sportsmen’s Show March 17-21 ! For more information please see www.castforcancer.ca
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Esma Wilson’s Cast for Cancer
February 18th, 2010 No Comments
“Esma Wilson’s Cast for Cancer” is a fund raising initiative that will be taking place on the fly casting lane at the Toronto Sportsmen’s Show March 17-21 to benefit the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation. Named after Jim’s mother who passed away in August 2008 from non-hodgkins lymphoma, everyone who makes a minimum recommended [...]
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“Esma Wilson’s Cast for Cancer”
February 8th, 2010 No Comments
We are delighted to be working with the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation and helping organize a fund raising event for cancer research at the 2010 Toronto Sportsman’s Show. Named after my mother Esma who passed away in August 2008 from non-hodgkins lymphoma, the “Esma Wilson Cast for Cancer” will be located on the fly [...]
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