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#1 AKnook

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Posted 14 July 2015 - 03:26 PM

Got back the other day from our annual 900 mile round trip road trip chasing arctic grayling. This river never disappoints and a great time catching trophy fish was had with great friends.

The usual dry fly patterns worked but I threw some hoppers and mice this year and had excellent results. These fish would hit top water for dry flies but would SMASH the hoppers and mice flying completely out of the water. Shark week footage comes to mind when the great whites smash the seal decoy. Unreal fun.

Whats cool as well are the many different color variations within the same river. The most common are the gold with blue scales while others are all blue and some dark grey.

Enjoy some pictures of these beautiful fish.

Hopper eating grayling
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Such amazing colors
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Doubled up
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What a tank of a mouse eating grayling
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#2 MadocFlyGuy

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Posted 14 July 2015 - 03:48 PM

I love those fish! That last one is a tank for sure! 

 

Thanks for the great photos, AK!


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#3 flandogg

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Posted 14 July 2015 - 04:15 PM

Wow beauties, thanks for sharing AK! Hope to get out to Alaska someday...


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#4 Berg

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Posted 14 July 2015 - 05:56 PM

Sweet fish. Those fins are awesome, does it help with spotting them?


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#5 AKnook

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Posted 14 July 2015 - 08:27 PM

Sweet fish. Those fins are awesome, does it help with spotting them?


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#6 AKnook

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Posted 14 July 2015 - 08:29 PM

The water is spring fed and gin clear. You can spot them when they are in shallower water. The deeper pools are darker blue and make it difficult to see. When fighting a grayling you can gauge the size of it by the color and size of its fin while it sways around. The bluer fins with the red tips usually belong to larger fish


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#7 Kit

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Posted 14 July 2015 - 11:36 PM

Amazing bro. Really want to get into these fish. 


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#8 rybak

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Posted 16 July 2015 - 03:36 PM

Wow oh wow, I would love to get a crack at a few of those.


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#9 Shmogley

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Posted 17 July 2015 - 11:43 PM

amazing fish out there, thanks for sharing bud

gotta get my crap together and get up there for some action.

 

soon... ;) 

(thats what i keep telling myself lol)


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#10 troutddicted

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Posted 21 July 2015 - 12:54 AM

Incredible shiz right there man
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