Discover Fly Fishing at WILSON’S

Fly fishers in Ontario spend a significant part of the year staring at ice-covered rivers and lakes pining for the spring. Opportunities to fly fish are not always physically available year round in our neck of the woods so when the summer weather finally warms up it is hard to keep many of us [...]

“We’re not going to make any headway until you stop asking your fly fishing guide what he thinks…”

If you are looking for a great place to fly fish for brook trout you should consider setting your sites on the Beaver Valley. I’m not talking about catching trophy brook trout per se but rather rewarding opportunities to fly fish water that has very little angling pressure. The number of places [...]

I don’t know about you but I’m having difficulty choosing…

The above picture is of the sidewalk off of Stavebank Road in the Port Credit Harbour that leads to the mouth of the Credit River. It is a pretty spot and one that I have frequented with my dog on a regular basis for years.
Early yesterday morning a friend of mine with [...]

The Toronto Fly Fishing School is pleased to be partnering with the Wilmot Fishing Club in Newcastle to offer beginner fly fishing courses at one of the best learning facilities in Ontario. The Wilmot Club is located 45 minutes from downtown Toronto and it has the unique combination of a trout pond for fishing [...]

The 12th Anniversary of our store opening is April 20th and every year we have a sale to celebrate with our customers – this year is no different ! Our Anniversary Sale will start first thing tomorrow and run until we get word from the boss that we should stop celebrating and get back [...]

I had a conversation the other day with a member of a local fly fishing club who likes – no, loves – fly fishing for brown trout. He had his back up because an organization was doing some work on a local Great Lakes tributary to enhance opportunities to fly fish for steelhead and [...]

WILSON’S opened its doors on April 20, 1998 and we have an annual sale to help celebrate another year in business. Everything in the store will be on sale – watch our Blog and website for details!

The trout season in Ontario opens in 12 days… not that we’re counting.
[The above picture was painted by Orillia-based artist and fly fishing guide Richard VanderMeer]