Today is the 10th anniversary of the last time I saw my father Lawrence Wilson. Our family got together 10 years ago today to celebrate Dad’s 80th birthday and as I left to head back to Toronto we hugged and said, “I love you.” Dad passed away from a heart attack a few [...]
A Personal Anniversary
March 12th, 2010 No Comments
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Restigouche River Lodge
March 4th, 2010 No Comments
We are very pleased to announce that the grand prize for Esma Wilson’s Cast for Cancer at the 2010 Toronto Sportsmen’s Show will be a 3 day/2 night trip for 2 to the Restigouche River Lodge worth $5,000 !
For more information on Esma Wilson’s Cast for Cancer please see our FaceBook page or www.castforcancer.ca
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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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“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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My Family is From the Miramichi !
August 15th, 2009 No Comments
Many of us enjoy fly fishing or know someone who does and we also know that it is a sport not about long days spent alone casting a fly on a river. Rather, it is a sport comprised of a series of actions and special moments that, if we are lucky, ultimately lead us full [...]
Tags: Atlantic Salmon · Esma Wilson · Laurence "Cat" Wilson · Lee Mantha · McNamee · Miramichi River · New Brunswick
Why I Fly Fish…
May 17th, 2009 No Comments
Like many of you I carry a blackberry to stay in touch with the office. It is one of those blessings that is also a curse and more than one girlfriend in the past has complained that I have trouble disconnecting from work. I admit that is sometimes the case (who am I [...]
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