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Arctic Graylings? - Edogg03 - 04-26-2011
My dad has been wanting me to take him out for some arctic grayling for some time now. and i was wondering if anyone knows of a good place that an old fisherman with broken knees can get to.
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Re: [Edogg03] Arctic Graylings? - Kent - 04-26-2011
It will be a few months before it is open, but Trial Lake may be your best bet for your father to catch one. I understand they aren't really plentiful but there are some in there.
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Re: [kentofnsl] Arctic Graylings? - brookieguy1 - 04-27-2011
Washington Lake (by Trial) has alot of them with fairly easy access.
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Re: [Edogg03] Arctic Graylings? - Matador - 04-27-2011
Both kentofnsl and brookieguy1 are correct.
I have caught grayling in both of them. In Trial my best luck for them has come fishing from a boat out in front of where the stream enters on the north side.
Washington may be your best bet from the shore. There is a somewhat shallow bay right near the campground.
The hard part in both lakes will be keeping the trout off long enough to get a grayling.
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Re: [Edogg03] Arctic Graylings? - flygoddess - 04-27-2011
Here is some sites:
http://www.utahfishinginfo.com/utahfish/grayling.php
http://www.utahoutdoors.com/pages/uintas_round_lake.htm
http://connect2utah.com/roughin-it-story?nxd_id=42408
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Re: [Edogg03] Arctic Graylings? - Marathonman - 04-27-2011
make sure you use a nymph or wet fly no larger than size 14.
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Re: [Edogg03] Arctic Graylings? - Edogg03 - 04-27-2011
Thank you all for the responses. our goal is to get a few this summer.
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Re: [Edogg03] Arctic Graylings? - BearFisher - 04-27-2011
IF you don't mind a small hike, some of the best grayling fishing I have done in Utah is in Marjorie lake. It is near the previously mentioned lakes about a mile or two down the Crystal lake trail head.
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Re: [BearFisher] Arctic Graylings? - jonesnforfish - 04-28-2011
For an older man with bad knees I don't know if Marjorie is the answer.
First 2.5 miles it goes from 10,000 to 10,325 (not bad)
But the drop after you go over the pass might smart 10,325 to 10050 in a quarter mile, definitely a leg burner.
If you want to bounce any trails off me feel free to send me a pm.
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Re: [Edogg03] Arctic Graylings? - riverdog - 04-28-2011
The other easy spot to reach in the same area is Lost lake. Grayling were super easy to catch in their the last couple years.
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Re: [Edogg03] Arctic Graylings? - h0yt3r - 04-28-2011
You can also try China Lake on the North slope, all though it is probably a 100 yd hike down to the lake from the road. We caught a ton on dry flies in the evening there last summer it was a blast.
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Re: [h0yt3r] Arctic Graylings? - MrLipripper - 04-28-2011
China Lake = China Meadows area? That's over by Bridger and Marsh Lakes, right? I didn't know it had arctic grayling. All those lakes are a nice bike ride between them with really good camping.
Good to know. Thanks.
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Re: [Edogg03] Arctic Graylings? - CROSSINEYES - 04-28-2011
upper stillwater. uinta basin up rock creek walk around on the trail to the inlet easy walk.
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Re: [MrLipripper] Arctic Graylings? - h0yt3r - 04-28-2011
Yes, China Lake is right there by China meadows and is not a bad hike. We packed the canoe down to the lake and caught Brookies and a bunch of Grayling.
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Re: [Edogg03] Arctic Graylings? - Ceedubber - 04-28-2011
I have always picked up a few in the upper reaches of Moon Lake. That is pretty easy from a small boat. They can be found all over that lake, but are not as aggressive as some other species.
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Re: [Ceedubber] Arctic Graylings? - flygoddess - 04-29-2011
Never mind
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Re: [flygoddess] Arctic Graylings? - brookieboy - 04-29-2011
Ya just gotta keep showin' off don't ya?
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Re: [brookieboy] Arctic Graylings? - riverdog - 04-29-2011
Ya she's a show off! But FG are you sure it wasn't that tiger putting up the fight. I've caught a few in the Uinitas as well as in rivers in Alaska and they seemed to be the worst fighting fish for size other than lake trout. Given your warehouse of supplies maybe my you're using an 00 wt rod and my 2 wt is just overkill even for a grayling up to about 16 inches in moving water.
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Re: [brookieboy] Arctic Graylings? - flygoddess - 04-29-2011
Your right.
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Re: [brookieboy] Arctic Graylings? - mojorizing - 04-29-2011
[quote brookieboy]Ya just gotta keep showin' off don't ya?[/quote]
That's got to be one of the dumbest comments I've ever read on this site. And Ive read quite a few.
Showing off- on Big Fish Tackle. Holy $hit! No way!
(and I normally don't stick my nose in FG's business, but this is hilarious, and I just couldn't help myself.)
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