http://www.flyrodreel.com/Fly-Rod-an.../Conservation/
More than 20 years ago, I caught one small Grayling in a tiny tributary (Nez Perce Creek?), of the Gibbon River, in YNP, so the Author's words got my attention.
Doug
http://www.flyrodreel.com/Fly-Rod-an.../Conservation/
More than 20 years ago, I caught one small Grayling in a tiny tributary (Nez Perce Creek?), of the Gibbon River, in YNP, so the Author's words got my attention.
Doug
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Great article. Thats a fish i would like the chance to catch. How do they compare to trout in terms of a fight? The article says they are far less selective and easier to catch than trout, is this true?
Twism86.
I would agree with the article. But like most everything in fishing there are exceptions to the rule. I remember one day near Fairbanks when I tried every fly I had and could not get a touch and the grayling were jumping all around me.
Tim
I have caught a few grayling in the Gallatin and the lower Madison, as well as Grebe Lake in YNP. I also found them in a lake here in western Colorado:
Pretty fish, they seem to fight about as well as a trout of that size, but then I have never caught one large enough (the one in the photo is about tops) to give me much trouble.
[paragraph on the trials and tribulations of endangered species management deleted] *S*
I caught one about the size shown by Dennis from the Big Hole river near Wisdom, Mt.
There was a school of them porpoising in the middle of the river. I put a fly in the middle of the mess and caught one. I don't remember a significant fight to land it...rather uneventful as I recall.
I caught some on a Blackfeet Reservation lake in Montana. Nothing big, fight wasn't memorable, but boy they looked cool. I've been back there a number of times since but never caught another one.
Regards,
Scott
That's a pretty good grayling based on what I know. I dream of casting to those but don't think I'll be pulling any out of our GA tailwaters. What conditions do grayling need anyway? Are there stocking programs for them anywhere?
Grayling Habitat: Cold water and clean gravel.
Link: http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/...g/grayling.htm
Doug
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