Discover Fly Fishing at WILSON’S

Gary Christie, President of the Nottawasaga Steelheaders recently sent me an email about an article that appeared in the “Sunday Star” on December 6th. According to this article an individual has been buying up farmland in the Shelburne headwaters with the intention of developing a 2,400 acre quarry and this quarry will likely have [...]

I was sorting through some photos on my laptop this morning and came across the above image that was taken in late September. I was fishing the Upper Credit with Todd Fritzley and the evening sun was starting to set as we approached the meadow. The landing wasn’t great that evening but the [...]

If you care about the health of the Credit River please make the time tonight to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Greg Clark Chapter of Trout Unlimited Canada. The meeting is taking place at the offices of the Credit Valley Conservation Authority at 1255 Old Derry Rd. W. in Meadowvale Village and [...]

Many fly fishers from beginners to experts often have difficulty catching fish on a fly – not because are using the wrong fly but rather because they are using it improperly. In addition, many fly fishers simply do not know what fly to use and others do not know how to properly tie [...]

[Richard VanderMeer, Oil on Canvas]
I was sitting at a table in a Tim Horton’s recently and while reviewing our recently completed year I was quickly building up to having a conniption (one of my mother’s favorite terms). While sales in our fly shop are not down drastically, sales are down. I had just [...]

The above picture is of a drift boat trip I did on the Bow River in Alberta a while back but this is about a day I spent with a guide in a drift boat on the Saugeen River this past Friday. If you have never booked a drift boat trip do yourself or [...]

I was speaking with a friend of mine on the river today who passed along an unfortunate incident he experienced recently on the Credit River. While he was fishing a pool an angler walking along the bank entered the water quite near him and started to cast. Puzzled by this lack of fishing [...]

I’m not quite sure why. Every year about this time my mind starts to wander away from enjoying the present and starts to contemplate the future – weather that is. We are in the midst of what can only be described as beautiful weather here in Southern Ontario but today I started thinking [...]

I picked up the paper at my front door when I got up yesterday morning and thought, “It’s time for a road trip to see an old friend I haven’t visited for a while…”
The drive up the 410 from Highway 401 can range from being a breeze to an assault on my senses. The [...]

For brown trout fly fishers in Ontario this last weekend of August heralds what many consider to be the beginning of the end of the season. But those anglers who feel that way are the ones who think the glass is half empty because we have another month of great fishing left ! [...]