Hank, my guide to catching grayling, suggested that I take a road trip. He suggested going down the Parks Highway to the Denali Highway, across the Denali Highway, down to Valdez, Up to Glen Allen, and then over to Anchorage (PHEW). I had planned on taking the Denali Highway as it is said to have…

I drove this morning to the Whitefish Campground and Boat Launch on the Chatanika River today. The access didn’t look great for fishing more than 40 feet of river, so I moved on. There is a lake just outside of Fairbanks, Bathing Beauty Lake, that is full of Arctic Pike. Unfortunately so, as the pond…

I was exhausted after yesterday’s float trip. My legs felt like I had overdone Leg Day in the gym. But, I had to head out to Mile 48 Pond for more fun. I quickly landed 3 fish and lost 3 while bringing them into shore. This should have been icing on the cake, but the…

Today, I did a full day float for Grayling on the Chena River. Our guide was Hank (I hope that is right. Dead hearing aids and stupidity keep me from remembering names) from AK River Tours (akrivertours.com). I received no discount or swag from reporting this, but I did get a ton of information from…

I slept in today. Nothing new. Pictured above is a desk that I spent two hours at, charging my lap top, editing, photos, and catching up on my blog. I also printed out required forms for my float trip tomorrow. The reference librarian told me the three ways to get documents printed from my laptop,…

Upon entering the Delta Clearwater River Campground, there is a left turn onto a straight, dirt road.  I suspect that it leads to private property, but I took it, willing to apologize if necessary and leave.  What did I find? About 10 50 foot access trails down to the river.  And, even better, the water…

The Delta Clearwater River is the top river for large Arctic Grayling.  It is 95 miles from Fairbanks and the only place that one can bank fish is at the state campground.  No roads get near the river anywhere else.  The river is superb for floating, but not so much for wading.  Regardless, since there…

Sometimes I out think myself. I got up and going at noon, then drove into Fairbanks (40 miles) to buy supplies to camp on on the Chatanika River to enjoy the expected Grayling heaven. Forty miles back out, and I geared up and entered the accessible campground water. After ninety minutes with no success, and…

I took four pictures of my first grayling, and the best one is above. I headed out on the Chena Hot Springs road and found a river bar with a long riffle, a short glide, and then another long riffle. There was a small slack portion about 4 feet wide by 10 feet long, just…

As stated in my previous post, I was alone in the road pull off when I got up at 10:30 AM. Rain was drizzling and the sky was overcast and threatening northward along the road. The wind was very strong and cold, and the Denali Highway for fishing Grayling was south of my position. I…