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 [...]

We are very pleased to announce that the grand prize for Esma Wilson’s Cast for Cancer at the 2010 Toronto Sportsmen’s Show will be a 3 day/2 night trip for 2 to the Restigouche River Lodge worth $5,000 !
For more information on Esma Wilson’s Cast for Cancer please see our FaceBook page or www.castforcancer.ca

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 [...]

As January draws to a close many fly fishers in Ontario spend their time tying flies, thinking about the season behind us and dreaming about the fly fishing season to come. As the owner of a fly shop I also try to take a step back from the business side of things as often [...]

I am proud to say that my family is originally from the Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick and we have lived on the banks of one of the great salmon rivers in the world since the 1790s. My father Lawrence was born in McNamee, my mother Esma was born downriver in Blackville and I [...]

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 [...]

Have you ever had a day where you thought, “I hope no one wakes me up from this dream.“ I had one of those days yesterday… By any fishing measure Rapid Lake Lodge has to be considered one of the best destinations for Arctic Char in the world. Let me begin to explain why.
Before I [...]

I was speaking with a lodge owner I know last night who had just dropped a party of 10 at the airport for their flight back home. They were fishing for 6 days and all landed their limit (the average size was 7 lbs). The lodge owner went on to say that they [...]

Simply put, if you are an avid fly fisher and are not planning on attending this event, change your plans ! This is a great event that will teach you more in a day than you will learn in a month of classes. The Clave will be held at Bean Park in Paris [...]