St. Mary's Fly, AKA Yellow Squirrel Tail

• A REALLY Good Fly
• Atlantic Salmon Dry Flies​
• Automatic Bobbin - Norvise
• Black Bomber
• Blue Charm
• Blue Charm, White Wing - Chris Sinclair
• Butterfly
• Butterfly Step-by-Step - Chris Sinclair
• Carey Special
• Cosseboom
• Edson Tiger, Light - Chris Sinclair
• General Practitioner Step-by-Step
• Green Drake Step-by Step - Bob MacDonald
• Green Machine​
• Green Machine - Chris Sinclair
• Interceptor
• Mirage Magog Smelt - Chris Sinclair
• NS Classic Fly
• Phil’s Fancy
• Red SOA Leech - Chris Sinclair
• Ross Special
• Royal Coachman - Chris Sinclair
• Rusty Rat - Warren Duncan
• Saltwater Shiner
• Saltwater Streamer Tube Fly - Norvise
• Shrimp Tube Fly Step by Step
• St Mary's Fly
• The Mighty Muddler
• ​Undertaker
• Undertaker - Chris Sinclair
• Waddens & Ackroyd​
• Waldo's 5 Cent Fly
• Yellow Bucktail
• Yellow Squirrel Tail

Ray Buckland (Bucky) releases a fish. Bucky guided on the St. Mary's River for many years. He now lives in Calgary, Alberta.

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• Fisherman's Friend - Chris Sinclair
  
• A St. Mary's Adventure, Silver DownEaster
  
• Barbless Hooks
  
• ​Books - Fuel For Winter Dreams
  
• Bruce Weir
  
• Can We Save Our Salmon? Saltscapes 2016
  
• ​Doc Silver
  
• Fishing Excuses!
  
• Fishing Tips
  
• Fly Lines
  
• History of the St. Mary's River
  
• Is our Salmon Fishing Becoming a Sport of the Past? 1934
  
• Live Release Angling
  
• Live Release of Wild Atlantic Salmon Video - ASF
  
• Low-Water Salmon Angling – The Secret
  
• Low Water Vacation
  
• NS Fly Fishing, Tying, & Tall Tales
  
• Ole St. Mary's - Roland Pentz
  
• Report on River Conditions in Nova Scotia 1881-1882
  
• Salmon Wars Documentary - Toxic Salmon Farms 2012
  
• Sayings - Pat Donoghue
  
• Smoked Salmon
  
• Special Memories of the St. Mary's River - George Sutherland
  
• St. Mary's River Poem - Douglas Mahar, 1988
  
• Stillwaters Edge Video - Chris Sinclair
• Stillwater Hero
  
• Strawberries & Trout
  
• The Best Salmon Fisher
  
• That Old Feeling
  
• The Wrong Bull
  
• Trout & Salmon Fishing in NS - 1921
  
• Up She Rises
  
• Who Fished
  
• Women Fly Fishers
  

Stillwater's Dan MacIntosh - Oil on canvas by Joseph J. Crilley. Joe painted it from a photo he took while Dan guided him on the St. Mary's River, and it's an incredible likeness that captures both the person and the mood.

Guide Brucie Weir resting at Archibald Lake.