About Us – Great Lakes Region Fishing Guide, Instructor, and Author
Who Am I . . .
My name is Graham, and I have dedicated years to becoming an expert at fly fishing, Centerpin fishing, and spin fishing for trout, steelhead, and salmon around the Great Lakes region.
I’ve been Ontario’s top river guide, instructor, author, and a recognized river fishing expert for over 20 years. At one point I even had 5 other guides on staff.
I started guiding in the fall of 2000 and since then I have personally guided over 3000 anglers from all over the world. I’ve also taught many of the current top guides in my area.
I believe I was even the first full-time guide in the world to offer Centerpin fishing guided trips and Centerpin classes.
I’ve done many seminars, presentations, trade shows, been in magazines, books, and even TV shows.
“Graham is known as a friendly, skilled, and patient river guide.”
Why This Website?
I made this website for anglers who want to learn about river fishing around the Great Lakes from an actual expert who tested every method, every bait and lure, in every condition, in all seasons. It’s normal for me to be on the water over 250 days a year catching fish.
I know that many Ontario anglers still have questions about fishing, and there is plenty of confusion and way too many opinions that leave anglers struggling to catch fish, which is why I made this website.
Being the top river guide in Ontario, I was contacted regularly by anglers just like you, who had lots of questions and wanted to know more about river fishing.
It became obvious that, unless you wanted to hire a guide like me for hundreds of dollars, anglers had very few trusted resources for accurate information specific to trout, salmon, and steelhead fishing around the Great Lakes region.
Unfortunately, the busier I got with my guiding and my tackle store in Orangeville, the more overwhelmed I became trying to help everyone out while keeping up with organizing my daily guide trips and dealing with all my clients, as well as my young family and the store staff.
In order to provide the professional guide service I was known for and to be focused and prepared for my paying clients, I had to stop spending hours each week answering emails and phone questions from everyone, including my paying clients.
I knew that anglers needed help and that some of them weren’t ready to hire me yet.
It became obvious to me that the internet was full of good advice, but also full of really bad information and advice from guys who barely catch fish themselves.
That’s why I figured I could be the guy who was capable of providing a hub for accurate information and proven methods, tips, and tactics used by me and many other top trout, steelhead, and salmon guides.
Most of the questions I have received over the years are answered here, so if you search, you’ll likely find the answers you need.
This website also benefits my current and future clients by providing extra information and a reminder of what they learned in lessons and on guided trips.
Why Trust Me? On this website, you will ONLY get information from expert guides. I have over 25 years of guiding experience, over 40 years of Fly Fishing experience in Ontario, and over 34 years of Centerpin and Spin Fishing experience for the trout, steelhead, and salmon of Ontario.
I know these rivers and how to fish them better than just about anyone in the world. You would be hard-pressed to find a more well-rounded and knowledgeable river angler and guide in Ontario.
I have also fished just about every steelhead and trout river flowing into Lake Ontario, Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, and Lake Erie, on both sides of the boarder.
After collaborating with many other guides, I have discovered that the same effective tactics used in Ontario are also being used by the top guides in the USA, all around the Great Lakes, and throughout the USA.
You may have seen Graham at the many speaking engagements and seminars he has done, at trade shows, on Fishing TV shows, or in the multiple fishing books and magazines.
To make this website even better, Graham’s knowledge is also combined with the knowledge and help from many of his fishing buddies and acquaintances, and it’s all free on here for you.
Graham works with other great guides in Ontario and all over the USA.
But wait, there’s more! Graham has gone North America-wide on his new website. The new website is full of the most up-to-date information, tactics, and gear for river fishing from guides all over the USA. Be sure to check out Trout and Steelhead.net today.
Graham has been privileged to have fished with many other pro anglers, Guides, TV personalities, and other exceptional river anglers.
Graham is seen here with host Bill Spicer and Mark Melnyk from the TV shows “Guided” and “The New Fly Fisher.” Check out the shows below.
Check Out Graham On TV Fishing For Trout And Steelhead In Ontario
FISHING FOR BIG BROWNS
Watch as Colin from the New Fly Fisher Show and Graham explore the Credit River in search of its big, elusive brown trout.
FISHING FOR FALL STEELHEAD
Watch Graham as he teaches Bill Spicer how to catch fall steelhead on the Nottawasaga River.
FISHING FOR SPRING STEELHEAD
Bill Spicer and Mark Melnyk take a boat trip with Graham on the lower Credit River for some springtime steelhead.
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