What are your favorite Arctic Grayling flies? I have a chance to go chase Grayling in July. If I can catch just one, it will fill a small section of my 41 year old bucket list. Thanks ahead.
Joe,
The ones I caught (very small sample size) in Montana and Alaska stillwater's were on softhackles like this (with and without a bead head)
Tried for them on some little blue lines in SW Montana with dries I found on some U.K. sites; couldn't find any grayling looking up that trip but brook trout ate them.
Brookes' Fancy
Tommy's Favorite
Like I said, my sample size is very small, but from what I can tell, they're not real picky.
Regards,
Scott
Regards,
Scott
Those are some good looking bugs. The bodies on those dries; are they made from erased peacock herl?
Originally Posted by ScottP
Joe,
The ones I caught (very small sample size) in Montana and Alaska stillwater's were on softhackles like this (with and without a bead head)
Tried for them on some little blue lines in SW Montana with dries I found on some U.K. sites; couldn't find any grayling looking up that trip but brook trout ate them.
Brookes' Fancy
Tommy's Favorite
Like I said, my sample size is very small, but from what I can tell, they're not real picky.
Regards,
Scott
Regards,
Scott
i have only been for grayling for one week in Saskatchewan Canada near the artic circle and the was in the fall. We caught them until our arms ached. Simple dun gray size 14 16 dry flies were best in the evening . During mornings an days a dark brown size 10 marabou leech jig drifted and occasionally twitched thru the moderate runs and pools was simply deadly
Joe,
Thanks. The Brookes’ Fancy is purple floss ribbed with peacock Herl; the Tommy’s Favorite is a macaw primary feather from a friend’s bird that was molting.
Regards,
Scott
Have fished for them in AK, and they pretty much took the same stuff the trout were on. Best fly for that one trip was just a BWO pattern (Mercer's Micro Mayfly) but I think we got a few on eggs as well, by the nymph definitely outperformed them, for whatever reason. This was in a river system with a lot of rain, so we were never able to ever rise any on dries. I suspect as long as your trout box is well stocked, you already have flies that will work.
Maybe you could get some rises to a Klinkhamer? They were developed for Grayling.
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