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The Long Weekend is Upon Us !

Moderator — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:50:54 +0000

I’m heading to work this morning but have my waders in the trunk, a rod and reel in the back seat and my sites set on some water. Hopefully the weather will cooperate as much as the fish I want to catch ! The team at WILSON’S hope you all have a safe holiday. Very [...]

New Issue of This is Fly is Now Live…

Moderator — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:47:47 +0000

And worth a look ! www.thisisfly.com

Catch Magazine

Moderator — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:01:02 +0000

Issue #13 is now live ! www.catchmagazine.net/

New Fly Fishing Lodge in Argentina

Moderator — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:01:43 +0000

I received a phone call yesterday from Arnaud de Malefette who is the general manager of Mawidako Lodge in Northern Argentina. Mawidako means “water from the Cordillera Mountains” in mapuche which is the traditional Indian language in the Andes and Mawidako is a unique eco-friendly fly fishing lodge in the Mendoza Province of Northern [...]

Fly Fishing Article in the National Post

Moderator — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:25:19 +0000

I am pleased to see more frequent references to fly fishing in both advertising and mainstream media and the latest story to appear was an article in Saturday’s National Post entitled “Just You and the Trout” by Shelley Bindon. www.nationalpost.com/Just+trout/3453918/story.html

Just a Thought…

Moderator — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:01:09 +0000

I received an email from a friend the other day explaining that if we had purchased $2,000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth about $98.00. If we had purchased stock in Enron, we would have had $33.00 left of the original $2,000.00. With WorldCom, we would have had less than [...]

Atlantic Salmon Runs are Breaking Records!

Moderator — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:01:07 +0000

This season’s Atlantic salmon runs to many rivers throughout Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces are breaking recent records according to counting facility reports by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). For further information please see http://asf.ca/news.php?id=561

Great News for BC Fish Stocks !

Moderator — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:43:33 +0000

“On Tuesday, the Pacific Salmon Commission dramatically revised its forecast for the Fraser River sockeye return this year. That would make this year’s run the strongest on the river since 1913. The bounty is especially welcome after a disastrous 2009 season when a little more than one million salmon made their way back to [...]

Ellixir for a Bad Day…

Moderator — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:01:23 +0000

My nephew sent me this link yesterday and said if I was having a bad day I should watch it… He was right… www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUZuV0xce3A

The Canadian Rockies

Moderator — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:04:55 +0000

I have been having computer problems for the last while but was finally able to download a handful of pictures onto Facebook from my trip to Alberta last month. It already seems like that trip was a lifetime ago and looking at the photos got me thinking about when the next time will be [...]