Paul Quarrington is one of Canada’s most popular novelists. He’s also an avid fly-fisher with an old guy of his very own. Gordon Deval is a world-class fly caster, a maker of rods, a tier of flies. He is the 1994 All-Round Senior Canadian Casting Champion and has been the North American Casting Champion for years. And on two occasions Gordon Deval has lost what he’s certain are world-record speckled trout while fishing on the Broadback River in northern Quebec. In the fall of 1994, Deval set out to fish the Broadback from the wilder-ness in search of the big one. He had a particular spot in mind, and neither shoulder-high bracken nor a whirling dervish of a wind was going to stand in his way. With him were fellow fishers Gary, Paulo and Paul—Quarrington, that is, who has recorded their adventures here. Does our intrepid fishing party manage to snag the elusive trophy? You’ll have to read this book to find out. Along the way, you’ll find yourself irresistibly drawn into a hilarious and wide-ranging investigation of the art of angling, the mystery of piscatorial pleasure and the love of nature—or is that the nature of love?