Three Rivers

Brook trout and angling art in Labrador

It was our last full day in Labrador when Robin Reeve, owner of Three Rivers Lodge where we'd been staying, asked my fishing partner C.D. Clarke and I if we minded doing a little walking to look for brook trout. We said "Of course not," understanding that at some camps "a little walking" means a little walking, while at others it's a euphemism for a death march. It turned out to be fairly easy as walks go. We left the boat at the mouth of a medium-size river and hiked upstream for an hour through open spruce forest. Read more – offline – from the current issue; subscribe to FRR.