Discover Fly Fishing at WILSON’S

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

I had the pleasure last night of catching up with my friend Naoto Aoki and his girlfriend Julie O’Brien in Banff, Alberta. Naoto is the kind of guy that I seldom speak with as he is usually out fly fishing and/or hunting but I always welcome seeing because he is one of the nicest [...]

Fly fishers in Ontario spend a significant part of the year staring at ice-covered rivers and lakes pining for the spring. Opportunities to fly fish are not always physically available year round in our neck of the woods so when the summer weather finally warms up it is hard to keep many of us [...]

“We’re not going to make any headway until you stop asking your fly fishing guide what he thinks…”

I have a cartoon pinned to my desk that I have been looking at on a regular basis since the economy tanked in September 2008. The cartoon is from a playbill I picked up at the Shaw Festival when I took a girlfriend to see “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” at Niagara-on-the-Lake in the late 1980s. [...]

Not surprisingly, I spent part of my long weekend fly fishing. Nothing extraordinary happened but the time I spent on the river was special for a number of reasons.
First and foremost, this time was special because I was able to spend it with my girlfriend. She looked after my dog Hunter on [...]

If you are interested in finding out more about the species of fish we have in Ontario please visit the “Fish Facts” page on the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources website. This site has great information on fish biology by species and temperature and lists each with basic facts. If you are not [...]

Bellingham, WA – The Flyfish Journal issue #2.1 is shipping just in time to shake the invernal doldrums and enjoy hatches, sun, and spring runs. With the same stellar photography and compelling edit that led to a complete sell-through on the premiere issue, FFJ #2.1 features a conservation essay on Malibu Creek by resident [...]

I don’t know about you but I’m having difficulty choosing…

We often get calls from writers and television reporters asking if they can interview us or photographers asking if they can borrow gear for a photo shoot. We always help with media inquiries in any way we can because we want to make more people aware of fly fishing (and of course you can [...]