Discover Fly Fishing at WILSON’S

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

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 [...]

I decided to start my weekend early yesterday afternoon and left the office at 3:30 pm in order to join 2 friends and end the work week fly fishing the Upper Credit River. We decided to meet at the Dominion Street Bridge at the Forks of the Credit so whoever arrived first could fish [...]

“T” minus 1 and counting ! (by the way, why do they say “T” and what does the “T” stand for ?).
Put your combat gear on because trout season in Ontario opens tomorrow! To that end we would appreciate fellow anglers bringing a healthy dose of consideration with them onto the water [...]

Today is the 12th anniversary of the doors opening at WILSON’S so happy birthday to us ! It truly is hard to believe that it has been 12 years. Time flies… (sorry for the pun). To celebrate the store’s anniversary everything on the shelves is 20% off (yup, everything) until this coming [...]

It’s down to days… If you are like us you will be counting down the hours this week to the opening day of trout season in Ontario. While watching the clock many of us will forget to make sure our gear is ready to go for the opener. If you have not [...]

I had a conversation the other day with a member of a local fly fishing club who likes – no, loves – fly fishing for brown trout. He had his back up because an organization was doing some work on a local Great Lakes tributary to enhance opportunities to fly fish for steelhead and [...]

WILSON’S opened its doors on April 20, 1998 and we have an annual sale to help celebrate another year in business. Everything in the store will be on sale – watch our Blog and website for details!

The trout season in Ontario opens in 12 days… not that we’re counting.
[The above picture was painted by Orillia-based artist and fly fishing guide Richard VanderMeer]