Happy New Year!

All of us at Country Pleasures wish you a Happy New Year!

The shop will be open from 10 AM until 2 PM on New Year's Eve,

closed on New year's Day and January 2.

On Friday, January 3, we will be open from 10 AM until 6 PM.

On Saturday, January 4, we will be open from 9 AM until 5 PM

with a "retro" staff as Caity is helping out that day.

The shop is closed from Sunday, January 5 through Friday, January 10.

We will re-open with normal hours on Saturday, January 11.

Thanks for all your support in our 32nd year of operation!

Simms 2014 Wading Boot Additions

 







NOW IN STOCK INSTORE AND ONLINE

Merry Christmas from Country Pleasures Flyfishing

Merry Christmas from all of us CP!
Holiday Hours:
CHRISTMAS EVE: 10 AM - 2 PM


CHRISTMAS DAY: CLOSED

BOXING DAY: CLOSED

DECEMBER 27: 10 AM - 6 PM

DECEMBER 28: 9 AM - 5 PM

DECEMBER 30: 10 AM - 6 PM

NEW YEARS EVE: 10 AM - 2 PM

NEW YEARS DAY: CLOSED

JANUARY 2: CLOSED

JANUARY 3: 10 AM - 6 PM

JANUARY 4: 9 AM - 5 PM

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Just Arrived! New Simms 2014 Items!



New Ladies Apparel, Packs, Technical Shirts.. All kinds of stuff!



Redington Womens Clothing Specials!

All in-stock Redington Womens Clothing now 50% OFF!
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Country Pleasures Flyfishing Saturday Seminars 2014

Country Pleasures Flyfishing
Saturday Seminars 2014

Country Pleasures is pleased to announce the initial line-up for Saturday Seminars for 2014. Each Saturday at 10:00 a.m. we host a free seminar on a fly fishing topic. We hope you can come and participate.

Seminars are scheduled as follows:

January 18 - New Fly Tying Products for 2014
Mike Gifford will tie with new stuff that came out for fly tying in
the last while.

January 25 - Flies and Tactics for Alberta’s Prairie Lakes
Brent Schlenker, owner of Cypress Fly Fishing, is one of Alberta’s
pre-eminent lake fishermen and guides. He will show us flies, tricks, and
tactics for fishing stillwaters.

February 1 - Emergers: Patterns and Techniques
Peter Crowe-Swords has been guiding the Bow off and on for over
twenty years. He is a true master of the rising fish, especially those
trickier targets. Come and see Pete’s favorite “techie” bugs.

February 8 - Minnow Mimics
Adam Rich ties some of the best baitfish patterns we know of. From
Roosterfish to Trout, his patterns are very effective. Adam will ties his
flatwing style streamer as well….very cool!

February 15 - Family Day Weekend- No Seminar

February 22 - Unlocking the Mysteries of Chironomids
Terry Antoniuk has a wealth of experience with chironomid fishing. This
seminar will unlock the secrets of flies and techniques.

March 1 - To be announced

March 8 - Increasing Efficiency In Your Tying
Jeff Thompson teaches us how to increase productivity and speed while
tying. This seminar has been hugely popular in the past!

March 15 - Top Choices For Permit Flies
Mike Gifford will tie, step by step, his three favorite patterns for Permit.

March 22 - Steelhead Flies
Brent Piche’ ties steelhead flies of all types as well as anyone we have
ever seen. Brent will tie Intruders, as well as traditionals. This seminar
has been one of our best in the past!

March 29 - Pike Flies, Techniques, and Destinations
Kevin Peterson shows us everything we need to know about Pike
fishing around these parts.

April 5 - To be announced

April 12 - Tube Flies For Steelhead
Adam Rich shows us tube flies for chrome. Some cool tube dry
flies as well.

April 19 - Easter Weekend - No Seminar

April 26 - Customer Appreciation Day/ Demo Day
Join us for this all day event.Industry reps on hand to answer
questions, demo rods, and visit. The barbecue is getting fired up!
Sales and special events throughout the day.

You can also check out Seminar topics at our web site – www.countrypleasures.com – by following the links to Seminars.
All seminars start at 10:00 am and will end between 11:00 and noon. There is no charge and no pre-registration required. Simply drop by the shop and enjoy the seminar. Although we will make every attempt to present the seminars as outlined above, topics are subject to change without notice. If you have a topic you would wish covered in a seminar, please advise the staff.

Back To Civilization!

So I'm now back from six weeks spent in the little town of Punta Allen, located at the opening of Ascension Bay, Mexico. I had the opportunity to help/assist/freeload with the Palometa Club's fall season, running from November 1 until December 6.

I headed down on October 27, arriving in Punta Allen on the 28th. Most who I have talked to don't believe me but I hadn't planned on, nor did I, do a whole bunch of fishing. I did get a few days fishing in and it cemented my opinion of fall Permit fishing, the fish are as user friendly as you will ever find.

The day after I arrived, two of the PC guides and I headed out for some fun fishing. In about two hours we had landed four nice Permit with a couple other eats that got "pilot errored".

After that it was getting ready for first clients, a group from Patagonia River Guides from Northern Argentina. The owners are both Montana guys who now live a large portion of the year in Argentina. They spent a bunch of time showing me stuff about their operation and it looks pretty amazing.

Indicative of the entire fall, September through November, unstable weather was our cross to bear. Ascension Bay has seen rain amounts that most residents have never seen before. Bad weather days still offered some pretty amazing Baby Tarpon and Snook fishing. And when the weather settled down, clients caught a pretty amazing number of Permit.

I didn't get out fishing again until later in November (other than a couple of days going out with single clients and doing some watching). One of the guides and I went and fished some stuff that hadn't been fishe dfor a bit prior to picking up incoming clients with the Panga. I turned out to be a pretty epic day, with six Permit landed. This kicked off a three day period where a group of clients from North and South Carolina (some of the nicest people I've ever met, by the way) landed sixteen Permit.

The tail end of their week saw the first cold front this fall. Three days of cooler weather and north wind kicked the focus over from Permit to Snook and Tarpon.

Our final week of the fall season slowly started to get better in the weather department. Piotr, from Poland, caught his first and second ever Permit, with others caught as well. Got a chance to fish with Maureen for the last four days of my stay as she had come down for the last week. The first couple of days we messed around with Snook and tarpon, there is Snook everywhere right now. the last couple of days we started to see more Permit up on the flats again with some shots here and there. Got to watch Maureen throw at a "massive" fish that went absolutely goofy on the fly, doing circles around it, and then actually hitting the leader with it's tail. Turns out they don't like that.

As usual, the weather was getting perfect just as we left.

A super big thanks to Dick and Kaye Cameron, Fina, Rosie, Maribel, Gloria, Carlos, Charlie, Nino, Korreano, Toni, Aaron, Toluco, Gerardo, Jonathan, Jorge, David, Fabian, Alonso, and Julio!

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Country Pleasures 12 Days of Christmas!

On the first day of Christmas my true love (sub in girlfriend, wife, kids, dog etc) gave to me...

The gift of  Holwer!



The Quepos Quilted Jacket cuts wind, resists water and keeps your core toasty when the Fall and Winter come to your neighborhood. The Quepos’ insulated diamond quilted nylon shell includes additional attributes like drop in hand warmer pockets, stand up collar and sunglass cleaning inside chest pocket. The Howler badge patch at the left chest, orange liner and custom BROS zipper let the cold air know you’re coming. Available in Calvary Green and Miner Black.