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The announcement was made today in Alberta that all non essential businesses must close, including retail stores such as ours. This did not come as a surprise and its something we've been expecting and preparing for.  Online stores and curbside pickup are both still allowed and encouraged so we will continue to serve you in new ways. -We know many people are now self isolating and looking for fly tying materials to help pass the time, so we're dropping our $200 FREE Shipping down to FREE shipping on all orders...

Kids are smart, smart enough to pickup on stress the adults around them are dealing with. But they’re also very resilient so let’s give them a reason to put a smile back on their wonderful little faces. Self isolating at home might be pretty hard on a lot of kids right now, but do you remember how exciting it was to get mail as a kid? As an adult, mail usually just means more bills, but remember how exciting it was to find out there was mail for you when...

The safety of our customers and staff is of paramount importance to us and so we've instituted the following changes to allow us to continue serving our customers, while keeping their safety in mind. -We are postponing our Thursday Night Fly Tying and any Sunday Seminar Series for the time being -All customers will be given a sanitizing wipe upon entering the store so each customer knows that all customers entering the store before them sanitized their hands before entering, and all customers after know the same has been done...

We're proud to be an Orvis Endorsed Shop and are extremely excited to announce we'll be offering their FREE Fly Fishing 101 Classes this summer.  This is the perfect opportunity to get a friend or family member involved in the sport, or even yourself if you've found yourself having fly curious thoughts ;-) The following dates are scheduled: -July 5th -July 26th -Aug 2nd -Aug 16th  These 1hr classes will have limited slots available, so be sure to book your slot before you miss out.  Contact us at: info@calgarysflyshop.com or...

  We're very excited to have Flo Besson of Flow Fly Fishing here to offer a Euro nymphing workshop on Feb 2nd.  This workshop kicks off our Sunday Seminar Series for 2020 where we'll be offering different seminar and speakers Sunday afternoons at 4:00pm after the shop closes. Flo's Euronymphing workshop will cover tying jig fly patterns, as well as setting up leaders and tactical aspects of Euro nymphing.  You bring your vise and tools and Flo will supply all the tying materials.  Flo is originally from France and a...

Well its back by popular demand, our 12 Days of Christmas Gift Ideas for the Fly Angler on your list!  We'll add a new item each day through the 12 days of Christmas. Fly Anglers are notorious for thinking we're easy to buy for but non anglers can have such a hard time deciding what to get. Hopefully this can help bridge the gap! We're happy to help you out on ideas, just promise not to question our sanity with the connections we're drawing from the original song! On the 12th...