Arctic Grayling on the Fly

Joe Wright Reservoir

RMF Chapter Fishing Trip, Friday, June 27th

Joe Wright Reservoir

If you have never caught an Arctic Grayling, this is your chance! Mark Miller will act as host for this one-day trip to Joe Wright, way up Poudre Canyon, near Cameron Pass.

Grayling will be getting ready to run up Joe Wright Creek to spawn. Fishing the creek or inlet area is closed due to the spawn, so we will be fishing the cove where the creek enters the lake on the far west end of the lake.

The best fly-fishing method is usually a small bead-head fly under an indicator. Usually a shiny pattern gets their attention. The grayling are not large – nothing like Alaska – but still run about 10-13” long. It’s very special to be able to fish for grayling so close to home. And when you lift that great big dorsal fin so the sun lights it up . . . ya, doesn’t get much better than that!

If interested, please email Mark at events@rmftu.org. And please let him know if you can drive or want to carpool.

Logistics: Let’s meet at the northwest corner of the King Soopers parking lot on north College in Ft Collins at 7am. A two-hour drive will get us to the lake about 9am. Most people just wade fish, although you can use your float tube also.

Grayling are rather small, so your 2-5 wt rods will be good. 4x-5x tippet will suffice, and most bead-head nymphs in sizes 12-16 should work just fine.

I hope you can make it – we’ll have a blast!

Arctic Grayling on the Fly - Joe Wright Reservoir - Host: Mark Miller – events@rmftu.org