Arctic Grayling Report))very pic heavy(( success

[BGSH]

Arctic Grayling is a beautiful fish first off.

Headed out of Edmonton somewhere far north, hit the road at 10pm Friday arrived to our destination at 2am and it was very light out i guess northern Alberta has some light all summer long 24 hours, woke up and was hoping for some grayling but instead caught a couple of pike :fighting0030: so after exploring for a bit we headed out west and got into some of the most beautiful country Alberta has to offer, saw to many moose,deer and one bear on this trip, the place where we set up camp was very far away and we did not see any people out there for two days, i hope all of you have a chance to catch a grayling on the fly because you will very much enjoy the experience.

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The SetUP
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Pike eating up all the grayling
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[BGSH]

My first Arctic grayling
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Check this guy out
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[Xiph0id]

More pics!!!!

Also remember I caught the 2 biggest fish of the trip!

[BGSH]

More pics!!!!

Also remember I caught the 2 biggest fish of the trip!

haha but i lost the biggest and caught all the rocky mountain whites lol, what a great trip.

[Guitarplayingfish]

Looks Awesome!! Grayling are still on my list to catch.. Some day when I make a trip up north I will be sure to target them.

[Xiph0id]

I still wonder if we hit the 100 fish mark I predicted.

Next week cutts!

[BGSH]

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Deep in the middle of nowhere and saw these tracks??
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[WayneChristie]

gorgeous pics, other than that funny lookin guy in the waders ;) so what happened when you licked the toad??? :bad_boys_20: grayling are still on my bucket list

[huntin'fool]

Shaun, you're really getting into it! I admire your dedication, good for you! And...great shots!

[BGSH]

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Rocky mountain whitefish
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[simmered]

Looks like you guys had a good weekend. Did you spend most of your time on the freeman? Or did you guys try the Swan and Moosehorn rivers as well?

[tight line]

Awesome pics !!!! Congrats

[OneGirlWolfPack]

So beautiful!

[Alberta Bigbore]

Nice report. Congrats on your first Grayling!!!

[Albertadiver]

Thanks for sharing Shawn.

Great to see the hair slightly less crusty! Although the pic of you in the chest waders and gear looks rather phallic.... two packages surrounding a 'net'....

In all seriousness though, good on you for getting out an exploring. Great pics.

[Lefty-Canuck]

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Is this your Brock Lesnar impersonation?....you know the dude with the **** on his chest :)

Great photos man! Looks like a super weekend.

LC

[BGSH]

XiphOid and myself had a great time, to be safe we caught around 100 grayling, 6 rocky mountian whites, and 2 pike, saw one bear and tons of moose,deer, maybe some wolf or cougar tracks as well and some other bear tracks, was a stunning get away for grayling, they are not camera friendly as well lol.

[ogre]

Shawn, you are one of the most dedicated fisherman/outdoorsman on the forum. Now you are also proving yourself to be a formidable photographer. Thank you for a very spectacular spread of photo and travelog. Keep them coming.

[FisherGrrrl]

What did I yell ya :P them prince nymphs seemed to have worked out really well for ya there shawn ;)

Awesome Awesome pics! Country looks beautiful and you got some wicked fish. Nicely done

[Shawnlh]

Great pics, thanks.

[BGSH]

What did I yell ya :P them prince nymphs seemed to have worked out really well for ya there shawn ;)

Awesome Awesome pics! Country looks beautiful and you got some wicked fish. Nicely done

XphOid was catching them on drys but i stayed deep, really awsome country deep deep in the woods, all you see is bear tracks, moos,deer,wolf and cougar tracks.

[SonnyJ]

Great pics...House river?

lol...nevermind...still great pics and good for you..:)

[Xiph0id]

XphOid was catching them on drys but i stayed deep, really awsome country deep deep in the woods, all you see is bear tracks, moos,deer,wolf and cougar tracks.

Stimuators, high floating ones.
They really like the ones with legs.

Also caught a few on a spinner with my spin rod.

[Xiph0id]

:sHa_shakeshout:Great pics...House river?

lol...nevermind...still great pics and good for you..:)

No, but I'd like to try it.
Have you ever fished it?

[BGSH]

Stimuators, high floating ones.
They really like the ones with legs.

Also caught a few on a spinner with my spin rod.
x2,

[New2Fishing]

great pix of alberta's outdoor

[Geezle]

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[Lornce]

wonderful thanks for posting

[BGSH]

Here is a couple ore pics from the arctic grayling trip
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This was the biggest of the trip caught on a small spinner.
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[Dust1n]

Solid Report Shawn!

[Vigsy]

Looks like a sick weekend! Awsome pictures as always bud!

[McLeod]

Thanks for sharing. Glad you had a great time.

[waterninja]

very good report shawn. i fish a lot but don't do many long distance trips.i'm a little envious. even though you were in rain gear for a lot of the pics. it looked like you had half decent weather. great pics. did you get your 4x4 yet?

[Saltmania]

Great stuff!

[avb3]

Great posts, and your pictures are a just a 'snapshot' of what Alberta outdoors offers.

Keep 'em coming!

[Bearen09]

Freeman?? Ya ya:)

[Xiph0id]

It only rained for part of one day.
For the most part it was sunny and 21c.
I got a bit of a tan. Lots of bugs!

[Daceminnow]

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nice work Shawn. that's a quality alberta grayling in anyones books. congrads on some beautiful fish. i see you're an accomplished bobber fisherman now too. if you didn't try just drifting your nymphs and watching your fly line to tick at the take, give it a go. it's a real fun way to fish nymphs in the small creeks.

Dace

[SnoochyBoochy]

Great work! thanks for posting. I agree with buddy about the photos, you should start or hook in with an Alberta Fishing Mag!

Cheers
Snooch :acigar:

[BGSH]

nice work Shawn. that's a quality alberta grayling in anyones books. congrads on some beautiful fish. i see you're an accomplished bobber fisherman now too. if you didn't try just drifting your nymphs and watching your fly line to tick at the take, give it a go. it's a real fun way to fish nymphs in the small creeks.

Dace

Thanks Dace, i will try it out this weekend

[dfrobert]

Nice Grayling. Looks like the head waters up in Virginia Hills. Might want to consider packing some bear spray in that neck of the woods. Last year we watched a large boar Grizzly that was 100yards from one the bridges that access the river. We have seen lots of bear sign in that area also...

[fishinggeek]

Awesome pics as usual. im glad you guys slayed them up there. looks like a blast.

[greylynx]

Nice pictures Shaun.

How is that Corvette of yours for crossing shallow rivers, and running through muskeg?

[Xiph0id]

We took my truck with my camper on the back of it.
We had bear spray, bangers and were bears conscious when hiking.

Oh and keep an eye out for another post coming soon with more pics.
This weekend we are targeting cutthroats! Should be even more killer pics and fishing.

[greylynx]

We took my truck with my camper on the back of it.
We had bear spray, bangers and were bears conscious when hiking.

Oh and keep an eye out for another post coming soon with more pics.
This weekend we are targeting cutthroats! Should be even more killer pics and fishing.

Right on man. Go for it.

Love the pix.

[ogre]

Hot doggie! I'm looking forward to more great photos :sHa_shakeshout: