Grayling Safari! *Pic Heavy*

[FisherGrrrl]

First off... I caught my first Grayling! Finally! First time I went for Grayling a few years ago I fought 40km winds with just my fly rod... rookie mistake :P. This time I went with spinners just in case but barely pulled the spincaster out... they wanted the dry .

Last weekend Curtis, Remo, and I loaded up the Safari van and set off to the northern logging roads for four nights. It was exactly what I needed! No cell service, no game plan, no civilization. Just rods, good friends, hundreds of rivers, and a trusty rusty ol van . Every day we hit new rivers and every night was a different "squatting spot" on the banks.

My two friends were doing well catching Grayling with spinners and spoons. Neither had caught a fish on their fly rods before this weekend but they did bring them. It wasn't until I hooked into my first Grayling on a dry fly that they gained a little confidence on the technique and the second night we found a nice deep slow drift with lots of casting room and Bang On! They both were hooking into fish! All top water. I think I only caught one on a wet fly the whole weekend. It was awesome seeing the excitement a new fly fisherman gets when they land their first one .

The last evening we decided to hit Obed and take the boats out. One of the hardest lakes I've ever fished! It took me forever to row out to a drop off and once I was there I couldn't figure out how I wanted to fish it… So I jumped in and went swimming instead lol. Anyways, the guys got into a few perch and I somehow managed to get a sucker trolling a crank lol. Ah well… the sunsets were spectacular anyways .

Here are some pictures from the weekend.

First Grayling 

[FisherGrrrl]

[TMLhammy]

Awesome post thanks for all the pics!! My girlfriend and I love camping without a plan you find some awesome spots that way!

[Rabdo]

cool pics, thanks for sharing. aimless trips always turn out to be the best

[58thecat]

Awesome....as usual!

[Labguy]

very cool pics , nice size grayling,obed is hard but they are there and very large,once you learn the seacret you will do fine..congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bound2Fish]

Always look forward to your threads. Great pics, thanks for sharing. Looks like you had a great time and good weather. Im jealous of all the fishing you get to do.

[huntsfurfish]

Awesome adventure and pics.

[fishnab]

Fisher Grrl:

Great pics and your stories are always so well told.
Your previous trip report to the coast made me think I was there as I read it.
Really want to fish the coast with the wife, you just add more fuel to the fire.

[huntin'fool]

Ahh yes, the yellow bridge. We're you the only guys there? Did you camp right there?

[CK Angler]

Awesome! Looks like alot of fun! Thanks for sharing.

[Speckle55]

another great trip Amber .. Karma to you for the teaching .. put a bead head on and go down for the Rocky Mountain Whitefish in those holes or even sinking tip.. on Obed its hard fishing for the Browns as in x fish per hours

its almost time for you to start writing for a magazine or video for TV to give a Lady's perspective

thanks for sharing

David

[jamieg]

Last weekend Curtis, Remo, and I loaded up the Safari van and set off to the northern logging roads for four nights. It was exactly what I needed! No cell service, no game plan, no civilization. Just rods, good friends, hundreds of rivers, and a trusty rusty ol van . Every day we hit new rivers and every night was a different "squatting spot" on the banks.

Great Pics!
I do the same thing every year with an old high school buddy, headed out in 2 weeks to great slave lake and area for 7 days of freedom. I think its the best way to fish, no plan just go, and fish every single spot of water found!!

[YeeHaw]

Great pics, congrats on the sucker. Lol

[Wolftrapper]

Great pictures and story. Thanks for sharing.

[Remo]

It really was a great time. Until the next adventure!

[tight line]

Congrats on your first Grayling FisherGrrrrrl! Beauty pics!

[Fishfinder]

Wicked, awesome, deadly, gnarly!

Great story n pics and great fish!

Congrats on your first Grayling!

Thx for sharing

[fishinggeek]

Beautiful grayling. Iv only caught 3 but man do they look cool. And put up a great scrap for there size. And I bet that sucker got your heart pumping. Lol. Iv caught a bunch there also on cranks. They had me fooled when i hooked them hahaha. Thought i was into a nice trout.

[JohninAB]

Congrats on your first grayling on what looked like a great road trip.

My first grayling was caught out of the Little Smoky using a spinning rod. Beautiful fish.

[just_dave]

Oh my gosh. Such beautiful photos and scenery.

Haha! His little fish nicely posted after your biggins'.

[Klondike]

Fantastic!! Thanks for sharing your adventure

[CBintheNorth]

Wow. Great pics.
Thanks for posting.

[Adwittoutdoors]

I agree with Speckle55. You gotta get writing for a magazine or something. Great pics / story. Keep them coming.

[Scozzy13]

well done fisher grrrl

[genoel]

Well done! Grayling are very pretty fish and very fun to catch. Another great story. If more threads were done like this, it would be very enjoyable reading for everyone. Keep up the good work! GN.

[the local angler]

you are awsome fishergirl i bow down to you.

[Alberta Bigbore]

Congrats!

[Sundancefisher]

Awesome pics