50 shades of gray

[AKnook]

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






Such amazing colors


Doubled up


What a tank of a mouse eating grayling

 

[Cody309]

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

Thanks for the great photos, AK!

 

[flandogg]

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

 

[BERRRG]

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

 

[AKnook]

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

 

[AKnook]

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

 

[Kit]

Amazing bro. Really want to get into these fish.

 

[rybak]

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

 

[Shmogley]

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)

 

[Dozer]

Incredible shiz right there man