Grayling Fishing
Spent a fantastic evening having guided grayling fishing in Denali. I was given a light #2 rod with a short leader and alternated between goldhead, pink buzzer and a black and white stonefly. All caught well on the small rivers. Fished the Jack river and Fish Creek. Fish Creek was particularly good.
As I am used to an 8 weight rod this little 2 weight took some getting used to, also you can see that long casts were not necessary! just a little roll cast upstream then let the fly float naturally down and wait for the lightning takes of the fish. For every one I managed to hook I missed at least four, the were just too fast for me.
Greg from the fishing guide company that Princess Cruise use was very good and did not shout too much when I kept missing the strikes early on. We started with a strike indicator on, but I am not used to this and was better with it off.
First one of around 20 caught in three hours. I thought I ought to get a shot of the first one in case that was the only one, little did I know!
Something else I am not used too; my fishing guide carried a heavy calibre hand gun in case we encountered unfriendly grizzly bears. I am unsure whether the gun was to shoot the bear, or to shoot me in the leg so the guide could get away. A pistol does not seem big enough to bring down a Grizzly!
A real red letter fishing experience.
