We still have tickets left for this seminar and you should know that we are giving away some great prizes. Here is how it works: Keith and Bonnie Wilson are flying to Toronto to do a slide show on fly fishing for Atlantic Salmon at the Waterside Inn in Port Credit on Wednesday March 28th. The doors open at 6:30pm and the show starts at 7pm. The cost to attend this seminar is $20 in advance ($25 at the door) and we are having 3 free draws for the following prizes: first, a free 3-day trip to Wilson’s Camps worth up to $1,800; secondly, a $100 gift certificate to spend in our store; and lastly, a drift boat trip for 2 people in Ontario worth $475!

The odds of winning one of these prizes at the moment are excellent so contact the store to purchase your ticket today!

There are peaks in life and there are valleys. My valley is the one the Miramichi River runs through in New Brunswick. I am very fortunate to own a property overlooking the Miramichi and I go there to recharge as often as I can.

My second cousin Keith Wilson and his wife Bonnie run Wilson’s Camps on the Miramichi River. This lodge was founded in 1855 and it is one of if not the oldest, continuous running Atlantic Salmon lodge on the eastern sea board – and it is a place that every fly angler should visit. I tell friends that their fly fishing resume isn’t complete until they catch a salmon at Wilson’s on the Miramichi and while I say it in a joking manner I am also more than a bit serious. This river has played more than a passing role in the history of fly fishing in North America and I consider it both a privilege to fly fish this river and an honour to do so at Wilson’s.

Family allegiances aside, there are few if any other lodges that have the number of private pools and the quality of fishing that is available at Wilson’s. There are certainly other places where you can catch more or larger Atlantic Salmon but few if any that can match the sense of history you get at Wilson’s. The history of this lodge is a part of the history of our sport and every time I fish these waters it is one of the peaks of my angling year.

Life does have its peaks and valleys and if you are lucky, like me, they are one and the same…