I last saw Bob Reguly just under a year ago at the Toronto Sportsmen’s Show. He had been ill, his ticker giving him grief, and he’d lost a considerable amount of weight. He was so thin, in fact, I almost didn’t recognize him. But once we got...
Tomorrow morning gets off to an auspicious start when the latest inductees into the Canadian Angler Hall of Fame are officially honoured. The ceremony will take place during the annual fishing industry breakfast at the Spring Fishing and Boat Show at the International Centre in Toronto.
Yours truly...
Every year during the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show, aka the SHOT Show, the U.S.-based Outdoor Channel hands out its Golden Moose Awards, honouring the best producers and hosts of the various shows appearing on the channel. This year may be a record of sorts, with the...
I sure hope Gail Shea has a big mailbox. And I hope she takes to heart what’s she about to hear. The federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans is the target of a new letter-writing campaign launched yesterday by the Canadian Sportfishing Industry Association. The issue...
Phil Morlock, a long-time recreational fishing advocate, received the Brad Rowse Leadership Award last week at the 7th Annual National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses Sportsman-Legislator Summit in Point Clear, Alabama. He was given the award for demonstrating excellence in leadership in promoting the outdoor agenda.
Morlock has served...
One of our field editors, North Vancouver’s George Gruenefeld, just told me that Bill Otway has passed, dead from brain cancer. Damned cancer, again. George had let me know about a week ago that Bill, 75, was fighting his last battle at the Gillis Hospice in...
American Mary Beth Harshbarger, charged in connection with the shooting death of her husband during a 2006 hunting trip to Buchans Junction, Newfoundland, will finally get her day in court. Two weeks have been set aside in the Newfoundland Supreme Court starting September 13.
Harshbarger, 45, has...
The first day of the Spring Fishing and Boat Show got off to a busy start before the gates even opened yesterday morning. Many of the who’s who from the fishing community were on hand at the annual industry breakfast to honour the latest inductees into the...
Sad news reached our office today of the March 18 passing of Wilf Carter, a true giant in the world of Atlantic salmon conservation. He was 83.
In Outdoor Canada magazine’s Summer 2002 issue, we named Carter as one of the 30 most influential individuals in the...