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Bass Pro Shops coming to Ottawa in 2015 Outdoor megastore to be anchor tenant of huge development in Kanata North By Vito Pilieci, Ottawa Citizen November 13, 2013 http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Bass+Shops+coming+Ottawa+2015/9160592/story.html OTTAWA — News that a new Bass Pro Shop is schedule t...

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A good article featuring Bruce Clarke of the Ottawa Flyfishers Society tying flies and flyfishing. Guess this is your 15 minutes of fame Bruce

Thanks, a great tip. I've always had difficulty judging the depth of the water.

Joco,

Great video, thanks for posting. Can't wait to see if I hook into one of those monsters on the Rideau with my tube this year!

Cheers,
Colin

I took the Rod Building sessions offered by Float, Paddle and Fly last year and would highly recommend them if you are just starting out. It was great to have an experienced rod builder walk us through all of the steps from chosing the correct blanks for the type of fishing; to mounting guides, cork...

Greg and Paul are amazing guys - they provide excellent advice, enjoy taking the time to discuss any aspect of fishing with you without any pressure to purchase anything and are truly dedicated to the sport. Float, Paddle and Fly is my go-to place in Eastern Ontario.

katch moore, I recommend you contact Paul Richer at Float, Paddle & Fly. After I inherited 4 of my Dad's fly reels I took them by for Paul to look them over - he was able to tell me their complete history and how to best clean them up. I was quite impressed with his knowledge and willingness to ...

Mark, Unless you replace the complete rod section, you will never get exactly the same action. However, if you are handy with epoxy, is is not difficult to repair. Here are a couple of links that will give you some ideas to work with: http://flyanglersonline.com/features/rodrepair/ http://stevedobso...

My only experience with OBW was three years ago when I brought in my Honda 8 HP outboard for servicing. Was told it would take about two weeks. Called at 2-1/2 weeks and, after the gentleman who answered the telephone checked the status, was informed that it had been taken it apart and that they wer...

Wabler,

Its great to hear that you are all set up and getting some local practice. Nice fish. Also good to hear more good words about Float, Paddle and Fly - Greg and Paul are tops in my books.

Cheers,
Colin

leif,

Good looking magaziine, thank you very much for the link.

Cheers,
Colin

WheresDad,

I would recommend dropping by Float, Paddle and Fly for advice - they have given me super service and plenty of free advice.

Cheers,
Colin

The MNR website has a section on fish identification and provides the following: Key identifying characteristics of splake: http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/LetsFish/2ColumnSubPage/200080.html (Positive identification is sometimes difficult using external characterictics.) Intermediate between b...

Please be aware that Marine VHF is dedicated to boat-to-boat and boat-to-shore (e.g, Coast Guard stations and licenced marinas, ports, locks, lift/swing bridges, etc...) communications. Not to scare any off, but it is not legal to use even the hand-held VHF radios to call from car or shore to each o...

Sounds like some folks might be interested in participating in Project Healing Waters : Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Canada is dedicated to the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled military personnel and veterans and other Canadians suffering physical or psychological injury as a ...