Discover Fly Fishing at WILSON’S

I was introduced to fly fishing from a pontoon boat a few years ago and fell in love with it. This method of angling allows you to access water you might not normally fish but to me, more importantly, drifting a river in a boat is one of the most relaxing ways to spend [...]

Just a reminder that hatch charts for many of the rivers in southern Ontario are available on our blog and all of the flies you need for the upcoming season are feverishly being tied in our store by our in-house production fly tier James Wachiuri under the watchful eye of our manager Vasilios “Bill” Katraouras. [...]

If you are looking for the best flies available for Ontario rivers you should come in and speak with James Wachiuri. Originally from Kenya, James has been a production fly tyer for over 20 years and his focus in our store is to tie fly patterns for our local rivers.
James ties his [...]

WILSON’S is pleased to announce that Sheldon Seale has joined WILSON’S to head up our fly tying program. Sheldon has been fishing for most of his life and fly fishing and tying for more than twenty years. As an instructor and guide, he has introduced hundreds of people to the sport and the art [...]

Day 2 at the Sportsmen’s Show went very well – I’m told… I woke this morning, walked my dog and hit a brick wall. I think the preparation of the last few weeks finally caught up to me because my body told me it wasn’t interested in doing anything other than gravitating towards [...]

Holy Andy ! If Day 1 is any indication this year’s Toronto Sportsmen’s Show is gonna be fun ! Our booth is located at the entrance to the casting lane in the fly fishing area and through “Esma Wilson’s Cast for Cancer” we are helping raise money during the show for cancer research [...]

We have been twits for a long time – but now we can prove it ! Check out WILSONSflyshop on twitter.com/

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 [...]