Grayling / greyling in Sandy River ?

[Nuf]

When I was a boy growing up on the Sandy, we used to have a fish that most folks called a (Artic ?) grayling come in about the same time the spring shad did in the early '50s. I used a fly rod to catch them but as I recall they were bony and not much for eating. Maybe these were not grayling but certainly were not trout.

Does anyone know if there are any of these 10-12" fish nowadays in the Spring?

[Smalma]

Sound like peamouth chubs!

And yes they are still arouond.

tight lines
Curt

[greenbuttskunk]

whitefish is my guess. They take flies well and look alot like a grayling.
also full of bones.

[Steelie Mike]

I have seen huge runs of spawning peamouth chubs in the rivers below Bonneville at times in the spring. You very well could be remembering them.

http://www.washingtonflyfishing.com/gallery/data/18249/thumbs/May_07_057.mov (http://www.washingtonflyfishing.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=20810)
http://www.washingtonflyfishing.com/gallery/data/18249/thumbs/May_07_049.jpg (http://www.washingtonflyfishing.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=20811)

[Pyrojake]

My guess is whitefish too.

[Nuf]

Thanks for the update. I had a hunch this variety of "springer" wasn't a greyling:whistle:

[Kevin2023]

I wish there was grayling around here. Those little fish can scrap.

[Steelie28]

Grayling are fun catch and you can get them mostly on dries. They are actually very tasty as well, white meat but you do have to deal with some bones.

[Dullhook]

Seems like many years ago they tried stocking them in Fall River but they didn't take very well. They're best recognized by their huge dorsal fin.


http://www.landbigfish.com/images/fish/LBF_Artic_Grayling.jpg