I am planning a camping / fishing trip this august and need some help picking out a good grayling river. (My last trip left a bad taste in my mouth as the embarras was a bust) Right now im thinking seriously about 3 in paticuliar: the Berland, the Wildhay and the Little smokey. I have not fished any of them before but they seem like big name grayling rivers. I know nothing about these rivers so any tips would be helpfull as would any other suggestions. Keep in mind that i am a flyfisherman and am willing to go almost any where in Alberta.
I have only caught Grayling at Christina Lake, I forget the name of the river but it flows into Christina. Pretty good fishing on the lake and river. It's almost right beside Conklin, north of Lac La Biche.
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my vote would be for either The Little Smoky by Fox Creek or the Freeman by Swan Hills.
Little Smoky is fantastic grayling stream and you will not be disapointed at all with this choice. only bad thing is that their is no campground on the river anywhere unless you want to random camp then there is a couple of spots at either the first or second bridge. you can do a lot of exploring in a week on this river and 30+ fish days should be no problem with some real nice fish to be caught.
The Freeman would be my second choice. very nice little river and it has a campground on it along the Hwy from Whitecourt (32 or 33 can't remember). there is also lots of backroads that cross the upper river to explore. but it is very low right now and warm. if we don't get a lot more rain, it might be a little dicey in Aug for fishability. another good point is that there are lots of other grayling streams in that area to explore also.
those would be my two choices for grayling streams.
ok i think im leaning towards the little smokey as ive read up on it and it sounds like a good choice. But as for access to the grayling water i have no idea maybe from fox creek? I think once im on the water i should be able to read the water well enogh to find grayling, but any suggestions on good streaches of the river would be great.
For the LS, head up the Big Stone Rd at Fox Creek and make your way to the second bridge (Grizzly Junction). Follow the ATV path (for lack of a better description) until it meets up with the river. Now head upstream and start fishing. If you find the action a little slow try putting some action on your flies, this seams to induce strikes.
like Doc said, the second bridge is the better access location.
there is fish practically everwhere in that stream. lots of holding water with tons of riffles and pools for the fish to hold in. they are literally stacked up most spots so finding them is not the problem. grayling love riffles and faster moving water so concentrate on those features the most.
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