Arctic Grayling:

[Bruce P Bruner]

My son Jason had a nice outing at Joe Wright Reservoir near Cameron Pass yesterday. The reservoir’s elevation is 9921 feet. Jason fished the moving ice line with a fly rod and balance leech. The fish were much more active than the nearly 8’ bull moose winter kill.

[Andrew Sacco]

Nice. Catching a grayling on a fly rod is a mini bucket list item for me.

[Richard Flanders]

Here's a good pic of a friends very well fed 3#4oz grayling from the Ambler River in NW Alaska. Other than a 4#15oz grayling that was caught north of Nome, this is the biggest Alaska grayling I have seen evidence of. They certainly are fun to fish and are very strong swimmers. Your Colorado fish is very nice specimen; dorsal fin is spectacular.

[Dean Romig]

The biggest arctic grayling I caught in the Kvichak River was a shade over 18" and was almost 3#. The dorsal fin was rimmed with pure gold!... or that's what it looked like anyway. It took a purple egg-sucking leech with a hot pink chenille egg. Caught a lot of them on Adams dries too.





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[Stan Hillis]

Pretty fish.

So........... how do grayling eat? If you're not from the South that might translate, are grayling tasty?

[Bruce P Bruner]

Pretty fish.

So........... how do grayling eat? If you're not from the South that might translate, are grayling tasty?

Can't say, we are strictly "catch and release" folks.

[Richard Flanders]

Grayling "eat" just like whitefish, which look very similar, just lacking the long dorsal fin. They don't freeze well. I like to roast them straight out of the water over a fire on a stick without gutting them. You charcoal the skin then scrape it off, salt them down a bit and eat them off the stick. Very tasty that way.