Outdoors: Spectacular brook trout and northern pike fishing

In the serene wilderness of Algoma Country there is a fantastic fishery that possesses great numbers of northern pike and walleye.

That lake system is known as Nagagami Lake and it is home to some spectacular fishing... even for a species that fly fishers love: brook trout.

In some of the rivers running into the lake there are good numbers of wild brook trout that range from 2lbs up to 5lbs.

These are relatively small river systems which are accessible by canoe and wading.

Mark Melnyk, host of The New Fly Fisher, visited Pullen's Nagagami Lodge to sample both the pike and brook trout fishing... he was not disappointed!

The pike here are big and thick with lots of 33" to 38" specimens caught on both topwater and subsurface flies.

In travelling down one of the rivers, Mark used small streamers to catch the abundant brook trout that seemed to be in riffles and bend pools.

The hatches here can be significant with both mayflies and caddis emerging.

- The New Fly Fisher

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