Hey there, I’m Alyx.

Fly Fishing Guide, Television Show Host and Tech Career Coach in Southern Ontario

My ‘Why’

“Alyx, you can’t start an ‘About Me’ section with a strange intro title like ‘My ‘Why’’. People just want to read about your background and what you’ve done.”

I could sit here and regurgitate the chunks of my resume that I think people might like to see. I could sell you on my credentials and where I went to school. How I scratched my way up through the Tech Recruitment ranks of busy ass Toronto. How I leapt away from the traditional ‘you must do this’ and legitimately fell/dove/exploded into becoming a Career Coach and motivational public speaker.

But here’s the thing

I am not a regurgitator (sorry). Cue the eye rolls and massive sighs - I get it!

What I want people to understand - what I want people to feel - is that due to a hobby of 22 years, I chose both of my careers.

Why Fly Fishing

For 22 years I’ve sat on [a] dock and watched my father Fly Fish. I watched him cast as he told stories of his time on the river. Stories like why our Steelhead are so powerful in this region. How brown trout like to ‘sip’ dries. Stories of moving massive Musky with flies the size of birds (I peed my pants a little on those ones). He taught me that our lives are just like rivers. That our different paths (and when I got older, career paths) are just like tributaries, with their wandering and creative carving.

These lessons became a part of who I am, and my ultimate ‘Why’. I’m a Guide. I coach people into careers they actually want to have and I Guide folks on the rivers, just like my father did for me. Teaching them that even if they don’t pull out a fish - They will surely gain something they didn’t have before.

My mission

Picture this. You’re sitting at work, typing furiously. You realize you’ve been in the zone for a couple hours and feel yourself needing to stretch. Your back cracks, your neck pulls and you think “Have I gone outside yet today?” You feel a little guilty, but the reality is - you’ve got work to do.

My mission is to give you permission to step outside for a hot second. To learn something totally new, in an entirely different way.

Fly Fishing isn’t just about catching fish, but building techniques, strategies and moments for your time on the river…and off.

Ready to give it a shot?