St. John's, NL

Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salar

The classic fly-rod salmon of Atlantic Canada and New England rivers. Atlantic salmon do not feed in fresh water, yet take swung and riffling flies with explosive surface strikes and long, leaping runs.

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

A beautifully marked char native to eastern North America, at home in cold creeks, beaver ponds and backcountry lakes. Brook trout are willing biters on small spinners, worms and dry flies, and a favourite of beginners.

Arctic Char

Salvelinus alpinus

The jewel of the North — a circumpolar char of Labrador rivers, Nunavik and the tundra lakes, silver from the sea in summer and flame-red at the fall spawn.

Atlantic Cod

Gadus morhua

The fish that built the North Atlantic — cod still stack on the banks and wrecks from Newfoundland to the Gulf of Maine, taking jigs and bait fished right on the bottom.