Touched by scene of man and grandson fishing in Nova Scotia, angler presents teen with rod and reel

Fourteen-year-old Lucas Harris is just learning to fish, which may be why he hooked — but wasn’t able to land — a large striped bass on a fishing trip with his grandfather last weekend in Nova Scotia.

Although fishermen love to tell tales of the one that got away, that’s not the story Harris and his grandfather, David Smith, are telling others about the remarkable Saturday afternoon they spent on the shores of the Stewiacke River.

The story they’re recounting is about how a stranger named Matt Dort turned a good day fishing into a great fishing day for them by gifting the budding angler with a fishing rod,