The vast wilderness of the eastern Yukon seems to on forever when taken in from the passenger seat of a trusty DeHavilland Beaver. This venerable, fixed-wing aircraft is the ticket to wild country adventure in this corner of Canada — without it, some of the best backcountry fishing for trophy pike, bull trout, lake trout, and Arctic grayling would be much more difficult to experience. 

The wild and remote rivers of the Cariboo Mountains in south-central British Columbia are the migratory home of some of the world's largest and most aggressive bull trout. These native summer-run char surge into the frigid, high-country waters of the Cariboos every year starting in early July, moving up from larger downstream rivers and lakes where they spend their winters growing to impressive lengths.