Discover Fly Fishing at WILSON’S

The weather forecast in the Toronto area this weekend is calling for sunny skies and temperatures approaching 10C (which for our American friends is about 50F). While we haven’t had a lot of snow this winter in Toronto the temperature has been cool so I am looking forward to getting out for a [...]

I had a long conversation this week with a friend who has been in the fishing industry for a very long time. He does not own a fly shop but does own a company in the fishing industry and many of his comments are worth sharing but one in particular got me thinking…
This person [...]

This one is easy: buy a day with an Ontario Fly Fishing Guide or Outfitter on one of Ontario’s rivers. Be it a walk & wade, a drift boat trip or a day on a power boat in the Niagara gorge, Ontario has some great fly fishing guides and outfitters who are worth their [...]

Gary Christie, President of the Nottawasaga Steelheaders recently sent me an email about an article that appeared in the “Sunday Star” on December 6th. According to this article an individual has been buying up farmland in the Shelburne headwaters with the intention of developing a 2,400 acre quarry and this quarry will likely have [...]

The fishing on the Grand has finally started to heat up with the weather with blue winged olives and hendricksons seen on the lower and middle stretches. We encourage you to check out our hatch chart for the Grand & Conestogo (which is being updated with better pictures – watch our website in the [...]

Regardless of whether you are a fan of Orvis or not, check out their pod cast – it is worth a few moments of your time !
http://media.libsyn.com/media/orvisffguide/OFFGP29.mp3

I would be stocking up my fly box as follows:
Boyne, Credit, Mad, Noisy, Nottawasaga & Pretty Rivers:
Black Stone Fly, Blue Winged Olive, Hendrickson & Spotted Sedge
Conestogo & Grand Rivers:
Blue Winged Olive & Hendricksons
Beaver, Bighead & Saugeen Rivers:
Blue Winged Olives, Hendrickson, Tan Caddis & Black Quills
Whiteman’s Creek:
Blue Winged Olives, Green Caddis & Hendricksons
If you have [...]

Beaver River – slow to fair water conditions.  Sketchy reports with not many people fishing it yet.
Bighead River – water is dropping and the river is fishing well – go now !
Bowmanville Creek – fishing is slow to fair,  needs water
Credit River – slow to fair – water is dropping
Duffins Creek – water dropping, good conditions
Grand River [...]

WILSON’S is pleased to be one of the key sponsors of the Nottawasaga River Restoration Project.  Working in partnership with the Toronto Sportsman’s Show and the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority, WILSON’S is helping fund grassroots efforts to improve fish habitat on one of Ontario’s largest and most important watersheds.  If you would like to help with [...]