A thick blanket of fog greeted us when we awoke on Day Three at Tikchik Narrows Lodge, but it didn’t dampen our spirits a bit, as we were scheduled to fish on the lake. Some of the guests flying out to other rivers would have to wait for the fog to lift, but . . .
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Tikchik Narrows Lodge, Day Two: The Pak
Day Two at Tikchik Narrows Lodge began with a short but glorious flight southward to Lake Beverley, where our guide, Brendan Heselton, was waiting for us. We loaded up the jet boat and headed across the lake to its outlet. The plan was to fish both ends . . .
Read MoreTikchik Narrows Lodge, Day One: The Noosh
When you first set eyes on Tikchik Narrows from the air, as the floatplane prepares to land, you’re struck by the incredible scale of the landscape that surrounds it. Perched on a peninsula between Tikchik and Nuyakuk Lakes in western Bristol Bay, the lodge . . .
Read MoreVideo: Follow Your Passion
Here’s a gorgeous video from Slovakia, by Konrad Production, which tries to get at the magic of fly fishing as a whole. . .not just as a pursuit of fish. From the amazing scenery, to the cool. . .
Read MoreVideo: The Mouse-Eating Rainbows (and More!) of Alaska
The latest full-length video from Catch Magazine’s Todd Moen is an epic journey to western Alaska, where angler Brian O’Keefe throws mouse patterns to big rainbows, arctic char, and even grayling. The shots of the surface strikes are exciting, but as . . .
Read MorePodcast: Return of the Grayling, with Nicole Watson
This week, I interview biologist Nicole Watson, who has a fascinating job. She is working on developing strains of arctic grayling that will hopefully be able to repopulate some of Michigan’s rivers. It’s not widely known that prior . . .
Read MoreVideo: A Summer Day on the Dordogne
Here’s a cool video from our friends across the pond at Orvis Pêche Mouche. Alexis loves dry fly fishing and can spend hours in the currents of the Dordogne, where he cast to trout and grayling . . .
Read MoreVideo: The Dragon Valley of Upper Bavaria
Although we fish for “German browns” in this country all the time, you rarely hear of folks heading to the native land of these trout to go fishing. But as this video shows, the Bavarian Alps–along the . . .
Read MorePhotos and Tips: Winter Fishing for Grayling in Scotland
Written by: Stewart Collingswood, Alba Game Fishing
When trout and salmon aren’t available, grayling are an exciting quarry on uncrowded rivers.
All photos courtesy Alba Game Fishing
Scotland features 30,000 lochs, filled with wild brown trout, and hundreds of salmon rivers, including the rivers Spey, Tay, Tweed, and Dee. There is, however, another jewel in the Scottish angling . . .
Read MorePhotos of the Day: Big Grayling in the Alaskan Bush
Written by: Duane Reading
These gorgeous Alaskan natives rose readily to a well-presented Griffith’s Gnat.
Photos courtesy Rouse Fly Fishing
Anthony and his son, Daniel, enjoyed a remarkable day in Alaska catching grayling on Griffith’s Gnats. After landing on Kijik Lake, in Lake Clark National Park and preserve, the group . . .
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