Living in Hawaii for over 50 years now, I’m quite familiar with a variety of raw and nearly-raw preparations for fish.

The Tree and Horton rivers in the Canadian Arctic are magical places for reasons beyond their legendary trout. Story and photos by John Cleveland

Thanks to the Plummers family we dodged a bullet that for most of us was not even on our radar.

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Having given Char fishing a miss last year, I decided that a return visit to the Tree River was in order, and together with GBL angling buddy Kenny Gold, we booked into the main lodge, with our sights set on being the first to fish the Tree since August of last year.

Anyone reading this who has either heard about, or been fortunate enough to visit the Tree River in Nunavut, is likely of the view that this little piece of heaven on earth is justifiably famous for both its breathtaking natural beauty and the world’s biggest Arctic Char.

I’m not going to go into too much detail regarding how to tie these because ANY WILL WORK WITH THE METHOD WE USE TO FISH THEM!

Nicely written trip journal by Great Bear Lodge guest Phil Allen*,  describing his Great Bear Lake adventure that we believe took place in the late '60's or early '70's.

Guide, and manager of the Tree River Camp, Trevor Novak, originated this very simple Spey fly.