The Year Isn’t Over Yet and Neither is Your Chance to WIN!!

Didn’t win any free fishing gear this holiday season? Well you’ve still got until January 1st to win something in our final two contests of the year! I’m pretty sure we doubled our yearly giveaways in December alone!

How about a complete set of premium fishing weights from Water Gremlin! All you have to do is register for our forums and post a member introduction before 2012!

Maybe forums aren’t you’re thing but you love those ‘guess how many’ contests. Well check out our final Christmas contest where you could win some sweet lures by guessing how many fishing lures Clive used to decorated his Christmas tree.

And just in case that wasn’t enough I’m already planning the first contest of 2012 where you could win a prize pack of Kiwi Camp Dry products like the Performance Fabric Protector that I reviewed earlier this year.

Behold The Merry Christmas Fly

Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone! Check out this fantastic Christmas fly created by Tom Caffery and sent to me by the his cousin Tim Flatland (@tflats99).

24 Days Left to Win Our Best Prize Ever!

That’s right! Only 24 days left in 2011 and that means only 24 days left for you to win a FULL SET of Water Gremlin premium weights. Two very lucky people will win everything you see in the photo below.

All you’ve got to do is join our forums and post a member introduction. That’s it! Two lucky winners will be chosen by a random number generator.

Already a member of the forums? As long as you’ve posted a member introduction you’re eligible. If not, go post an introduction now!

Ashley Rae And The One That Almost Got Away!

Ashley Rae of SheLovesToFish.com was kind enough to let me repost this amazing report she made of the massive brown trout she caught in Cobourg, right near where I caught my first steelhead. When you’re done reading this report please head over to She Loves To Fish and read more!

There are moments where blogs seem to write themselves in my mind while an experience is taking place. The sun shines a little brighter, the cool water swirls around my wading boots.. ducks taking off just downstream and flying feet overhead. It sounds to be straight from a book, but no – it’s fly fishing. This weekend was truly one of those times, and as I am writing this I am smiling while reliving it all over again.

Usually my blogs start off as a story and I save the best photo for last… but this time I am going to lay it on you right away. CHECK OUT THIS FISH:

My first ever brown trout caught yesterday here in Ontario, Canada. (Yes, mud on my nose! haha)

Brown trout are officially the most beautiful fish I’ve seen here in Canada. This one was spotted during a steelhead mission on a Lake Ontario tributary with my usual fly fishing partner, Mikey Fitzgerald. We made quite a trek down stream towards the big lake and began fishing when we spotted a couple trout.

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Trout Fishing In Cobourg, Ontario- Part 2

Last weekend a few friends and I spent the weekend in Cobourg so that we could dedicate some serious time hunting the surrounding rivers and streams in search of trout. Our usual spot was void of trout, but we ventured further upstream and found several other pools. You can read the full report on our forums and view all the photos in our gallery.

Big Smallie Tackle – First Impressions

We’ve mentioned Big Smallie Tackle before when we compared them to Rockstar Lures, and no they’re not actually related in any way other than being fantastic handmade lures! Big Smallie Tackle are handcrafted hair jigs with “unmatched attention to detail” according to their creator Ryan Lampe and that’s no marketing fluff. Ryan leaves the fluff to his handpicked choice of high quality hair and feathers used to create these fantastic jigs.

I received my small collections of jigs in the mail last week, all individually wrapped in small ziplock bags. Though they came packed nearly flat in the bubble envelope they were shipped in they puffed up very nicely with only a little shake. So far, I’m very impressed with the quality of Big Smallie Tackle’s jigs and I have a feeling these are going to make those Toronto Island spring pike go crazy!

More photos after the break!

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