Bonus Brook Trout Time at McKenzie River Lodge

With the plane not coming till midafternoon to return Granny and me back to society there was time to fish.  For the first time the skies were blue in every direction and there was no wind.  The joke here at McKenzie River Lodge was that today was THE day of summer. ...

Labrador – The Best Brook Trout Fishing on Earth

On a brutally cold morning for August, even up here in Northern Labrador, Andrew, Granny and I and Ninja Média’ man alias Bill made our way back up Andre Lake from McKenzie River Lodge to the Come Back River.  The boat ride to the Come Back is much longer than...

The Terminator – A Giant Brook Trout from Labrador

It started out cold and drizzly for our twenty minute boat ride half way up Andre Lake this morning to where we anchored our canoe at the mouth of the Quartzite River.  The ride speaks of how deep in the wilderness in Northern Labrador we are.  There are no houses or...

Fly Fishing Labrador for Ouananiche Salmon

It was a gnarly storm through the night.  Heavy rain pummeled our cabin at McKenzie River Lodge and wind shook the walls.  Granny got up at 2 AM for something and I heard her mumble, “I’m not fishing in this crap”.  I’m not sure anyone would’ve but to our good fortune...

Made it to McKenzie River Lodge in Labrador

With the Otter Seaplane down Labrador Air Safaris brought in a 1954 De Havilland Beaver to fly us to McKenzie River Fly Fishing Lodge.  I was comfy with our replacement plane being that I lived off a Beaver much of June on the Selwyn Lake pike trip.  Unfortunately...