Discover Fly Fishing at WILSON’S

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 [...]

If you haven’t heard of tube flies yet you will. We are working with Eumer to put together an order of tube flies and tube fly materials which will be in the store in the coming weeks.
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One word, they’re coming… (Bullocks. Okay then, two words)
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Please plan on attending the 2010 Toronto Sportsmen’s Show March 17-21. This year the show is relocating to the Toronto Convention Centre on Front Street beside Union Station and we are delighted that there will be a 150′ long fly casting lane to test rod outfits.
In addition, there will be a fundraising event for [...]

We often have fly anglers come into our store looking for information on where to fly fish in and around the Greater Toronto Area and we are more than happy to steer them in the right direction – but we always leave it to the each person to figure out exactly where to fly fish. [...]

As I type this note the month of February is drawing to a close and like every other fly fishing retailer we are looking forward to March – mostly because it means winter is winding down and the spring fishing season is on the horizon !
At this time of year we also take [...]

Grant Roberton is a writer for the Globe & Mail and his article in yesterday’s paper on the gold medal winning performance of Christine Nesbitt is worth sharing because in my mind his article strikes to the heart of what winning is about.
Robertson wrote the story behind Nesbitt’s gold medal – “a come-from-behind triumph [...]

“Esma Wilson’s Cast for Cancer” is a fund raising initiative that will be taking place on the fly casting lane at the Toronto Sportsmen’s Show March 17-21 to benefit the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation. Named after Jim’s mother who passed away in August 2008 from non-hodgkins lymphoma, everyone who makes a minimum recommended [...]

One of the best ways to get rid of the winter doldrums in Ontario is only 1 month away!
This year for the first time in its history the Toronto Sportsman’s Show is changing venues from the CNE grounds to the Toronto Convention Centre on Front Street beside Union Station. In addition there [...]

I am not a fan of government intervention nor am I a fan of or taxes. I am however a HUGE fan of common sense and social responsibility. What happened to the global economy in 2008/09 was a simple and direct result of unchecked greed in the banking industry and the world banking [...]