On 29 Sep, 2009, at 13:36, Niclas Runarsson wrote:
> Like Wes says, they have a quite neat way of rising to the fly, > where they > just let the stream lift them up diagonally backwards to the > surface... so > it's always a good idea to place the fly a few extra feet upstream. My experience with grayling in Norwegian lakes and fast-flowing rivers is that much of the time, they will actually jump for a fly. I've seen grayling jump clear of the water, to land on top of fly and grab it in the process, both on artificials and naturals > > We have many really good grayling rivers here in Sweden. Pictures > are from > our week in Hårkan this summer (where we caught a looot of grayling > and one > trout). My personal best and what kept us during the week: Grayling > and > potato (in thin white bread)... "Northern Stream Kebab". LOL > > /Nick > > > -----Original Message----- > From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com]on > Behalf Of Wes Wada > Sent: 29 September 2009 07:13 > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Subject: [VFB] Re: 20" Grayling > > > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 9:22 PM, <chuckalexan...@hughes.net> wrote: >> >> a grayling is a type of trout right??? Or not?? > > > Salmon, trout, whitefish and grayling all share a common ancestor. > The are the species in the Salmonidae family. > > Some grayling have an iridescent coloration. It's a very pretty fish. > > I actually have caught grayling while fishing in Wales. > > Grayling and whitefish also share a smell. It's a pretty distinctive > odor, not necessarily objectionable, but different and recognizable. > > Grayling will sometimes suspend themselves almost vertically drifting > under a surface bug, before rising to slurp down the fly. > > > Wes Wada > > > > > > > <grayling.jpg><food.jpg> =============================== ><(((((º> =============================== | Dr. Henk J.M. Verhaar | e-mail: h...@stichtsend.xs4all.nl | | Ecotoxicoloog en vliegbinder | tel: 035 656 2128 | | Stichts End 17 | mobiel: 06 38 279016 | | NL-1244 PK Ankeveen | web: www.xs4all.nl/ ~flyrod | =============================== <º)))))>< =============================== --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
