Brook…Trout? (S. fontinalis)
One of the single greatest weeks of my fly-fishing life was spent on Canada’s Sutton River, pursuing brookies in wilderness conditions. The fishing, with everything from small dries to meaty streamers to chugging mice, was spectacular. Add to it the gliding freedom of a canoe, the crisp air of the late-summer mornings, and a backdrop of dazzling midnight auroras, and it was a time not to be forgotten.
I also caught the largest “squaretail” of my life on that trip—a resident fish that topped 25-inches, with a slab-like body and craggy, hooked jaw. The fish shown above is one of the Sutton natives, taken on a leech imitation in the misty morning hours, somewhere between lake and sea…
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