It doesn’t take an expert to see that from the smile on the face of John Dallas, my good friend and fishing partner, he has had one heck of a fine afternoon.  Two big male Brookies and an 8 pound female, one right after the other!

Our trip to Labrador in 2011 was the best of my four trips.  We caught over 50 “book” trout, making it a spectacular success measured by any yardstick.  This particular day was our last day and it was incredible.  Everyone in our party caught big Brookies… and we caught a lot of them.

I landed my biggest of the trip, a 7 1/4 pound male that was supercharged.  Labrador and Cooper’s Minipi Lodges is the place to be for fishing like this.  The first day of the trip I caught a 5 3/4 pound Brook Trout on the first cast of the trip.  A rise 30 feet from the boat and I placed my Hex fly onto the rings of the rise – luckily placed right in front of the trout’s nose.  That was exciting to say the least.

Nearly every “book”  trout we caught was over 6 pounds, with the largest Brookie of the trip, caught by Dave Brandt, weighing 8 1/2 pounds.  I don’t of any other place where you can do this, and a large percentage of them were caught on dry flies!

Labrador is full of surprises.  From spectacular sunsets and huge trout, to a variety of wildlife and beautiful scenery.  We saw Black Bears, Moose, Loons, Eagles and waterfowl.  Every day was a new adventure.  The guides and staff were among the very best I have ever had.  Meals were prepared by Justin Igloliorti, a classically trained chef.  The guides were all top notch and led by Kelly Groves.  None of them ever let us down.  No wonder Labrador is on my short list of favorite places in the world.