Think backcountry fishing mean an endless drive? Think again. This fly-in adventure was just hours from the city

Everything you need, nothing you don’t

Once we arrived, True North left us to do what we’d come to do: fish. The camp has the essentials you’d expect from a comfortable northern outpost, including a good cabin, boats, a barbecue and a sauna. Admittedly, the latter is a luxury until you’ve spent some long days on the water on seats not exactly designed for middle-aged backs.

As is the way at outposts, there was no schedule to follow and nobody hovering over us. We had the lake, the boats and our own ideas about where to fish next.

For experienced outpost anglers, that independence is part of the appeal. For anyone new to the experience, it’s also a relatively straightforward way to get a taste of backcountry fishing without having to organize every last logistical detail yourself.