Tangle Lake Teaser

[ScottP]

An Alaskan grayling Stimi; found this on the 2guysfishing site.

hook - Dai Riki 300 #12
thread - Danville 6/0 black
tail - elk hair
rib - x-small wire copper
body - dubbing orange
body hackle - grizzly (undersize by 2)
wing - elk hair
hackle - grizzly


Regards,
Scott

[BadBug]

Great color combo in that pattern.

Dennis

[hap]

Great color combo in that pattern.

Dennis

Uhhh...
It is a standard Stimulator tied on a standard length hook (because the tier was out of the right hooks) and grayling are not exactly fussy...

And Tangle Lakes fish are beyond easy...

We took Denny within spitting distance of Tangle lakes (actually he caught a bunch of grayling there at the Tangles) and showed him far better fish. He earned his Catch and Release patch for a 22"+ grayling when 18" was good enough. It only takes a 32" rainbow to earn the same patch.

[ScottP]

Uhhh...
It is a standard Stimulator tied on a standard length hook (because the tier was out of the right hooks) and grayling are not exactly fussy...

I have plenty of the “right” hooks; the example I saw was tied on a standard length hook so that’s what I used. I ran into a pair of guides fishing on the Madison after work, stripping a similar shorter shanked Stimi thru a Caddis emergence and catching more fish than anyone else; tried it myself with some success but i couldn?t cast as far or as accurately as they could.
As far as grayling go, the ones I fished for seemed to be as selective as bluegills; it was a challenge to find flies (within reason) that they wouldn?t bite on.

Regards,
Scott

[hap]

I have plenty of the “right” hooks; the example I saw was tied on a standard length hook so that’s what I used. I ran into a pair of guides fishing on the Madison after work, stripping a similar shorter shanked Stimi thru a Caddis emergence and catching more fish than anyone else; tried it myself with some success but i couldn?t cast as far or as accurately as they could.
As far as grayling go, the ones I fished for seemed to be as selective as bluegills; it was a challenge to find flies (within reason) that they wouldn?t bite on.

Regards,
Scott

I know Lance and Rich very well and have for many years. I also know the story of the TLT... Tangle Lakes are about 25 miles or a little more from Paxson on the Denali highway. We took Denny there to experience huge numbers after he had already caught and released his monster (22+") grayling.

A fellow came into the Tangle Lakes Lodge while Rich was in there looking for a match to his Stimi version. Grayling was the intended target there and they are thick and easy. Rich offered to tie some for him and did. He used the short hooks the original version had. The originals were not well-tied IIRC. Rich tied some for himself and they worked (like everything else will there.) The pattern was published in the AFF fly-tying book and gets covered now... not my favorite "pattern."
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