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The Long Weekend is Upon Us !

September 3rd, 2010 No Comments

I’m heading to work this morning but have my waders in the trunk, a rod and reel in the back seat and my sites set on some water. Hopefully the weather will cooperate as much as the fish I want to catch ! The team at WILSON’S hope you all have a safe holiday.
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Catch Magazine

September 1st, 2010 No Comments

Issue #13 is now live !
www.catchmagazine.net/

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Fly Fishing Article in the National Post

August 30th, 2010 No Comments

I am pleased to see more frequent references to fly fishing in both advertising and mainstream media and the latest story to appear was an article in Saturday’s National Post entitled “Just You and the Trout” by Shelley Bindon. www.nationalpost.com/Just+trout/3453918/story.html

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Ellixir for a Bad Day…

August 25th, 2010 No Comments

My nephew sent me this link yesterday and said if I was having a bad day I should watch it… He was right…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUZuV0xce3A

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Patagonia – Post Meeting Report

August 11th, 2010 No Comments

In a word – ‘wow!’ The folks in the fly fishing department at Patagonia were read the riot act by Yvon Chouinard a while ago because they were not doing as well as he thought they could. Well, having spent a few hours going over the new product lines we can say with [...]

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Team Hoyt

August 8th, 2010 No Comments

Dick and Ricky Hoyt are a father and son who compete in the Ironman Triathalon. This was originally posted on YouTube in February 2007 but if you are not familiar with their story this video is certainly worth watching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64A_AJjj8M4&feature=related

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Environmental Commissioner of Ontario

July 28th, 2010 No Comments

I have met a lot of people in municipal, provincial and federal levels of government and can count on one hand the number of people who are the right person in the right position committed to doing the right thing instead of doing the right thing for themselves… The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO) [...]

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Credit River Fly Fishing Conditions: Go Now!

July 27th, 2010 No Comments

I flew in from Edmonton the day before yesterday and made a point of looking out the window as we passed over the Credit River in Mississauga. I have to admit I was a bit disheartened to see that it was a dark chocolate brown and even from a few thousand feet I could [...]

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A Front Row Seat to Evolution

July 26th, 2010 No Comments

A front-row seat to evolution at your local stream: A species of trout is splitting into two camps, lazy and industrious, before the eyes of Guelph researchers… http://www.thestar.com/article/839788–a-front-row-seat-to-evolution-at-your-local-stream

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We Hate When This Happens…

July 23rd, 2010 No Comments

A few people probably have their knickers in a knot because comments they have kindly provided to some of our daily postings have not appeared. Turns out the software at our end was a bit screwed up and we were not aware that these comments were in a file waiting to be reviewed – [...]

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