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We are very pleased to announce that Mike Verhoef of Fly Fitters has kindly agreed to donate a prize for “Esma Wilson’s Cast for Cancer” at the Toronto Sportsmen’s Show March 17-21 ! For more information please see www.castforcancer.ca

[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 [...]

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 ! [...]

I had the pleasure of spending late yesterday afternoon and evening on the Upper Credit with a young guy who is thinking of pursuing a career as a fly fishing guide. We met at one of the shows this past winter and after a few false starts were finally able to connect. [...]

Produced by The Orvis Company and hosted by Tom Rosenbauer, author of The Orvis Fly Fishing Guide, this podcast will provide you with weekly tips on how to get the most of your time on the water (and if you are in Canada you should know that ordering Orvis products through WILSON’S saves you approximately [...]

One of the things I have learned over the years is that a lot of anglers in Ontario miss out on great fishing because of their ego. As many of us know there are a handful of fly fishing destination mainstays in Ontario that we are fortunate to have including the Credit, Ganaraska, Grand, [...]

Those of you who read our blog on a regular basis have probably noticed that the “Reviews” section has been blank since we started the blog. The reason is we have been re-thinking this part of the site. Well, we recently made up our minds on what we want to do… lol. [...]

As we begin the count down to the season opener we would like our customers to help us make this site better by inviting you to send us Fly Fishing Reports for rivers in Ontario that we can post on the site. We are not looking for specifics per se but will appreciate comments [...]

George Cantin of Streamside Inc. lives in Grand Bend and spends more than a few days on the water every year (which is sometimes a point of contention with his wife…). George reports that fresh fish are running and conditions are as follows:
Bayfield River: fishing well now for last 3 days but on [...]