I agree, I would have liked to see them there too. I just take it as, 'you don't want to come up to western Canada? That's cool, I'll just buy a Fishpond pack, or Sage/Redington/Loop/Blue Halo/TFO rod, Watermaster craft, etc. instead!'
I like the local flavour that was there today though. Lots of Western Canada/Alberta booths, which I like to see.
Great fun at the FFC booth, thanks very much to Murray and SilverDoctor for organizing it. Teaching all those kids to tie flies will go down as a highlight of 2016!