Just had to share this grayling photo right away.

Just had to share this grayling photo right away.

By Troutnut on July 30th, 2015

I've been lucky enough this summer to see a tremendous amount of good scenery and good fishing during my work on three Alaskan streams and breaks in between. I have a backlog of good photos to share from all these adventures, once I eventually have time this winter. But this one I just couldn't wait to post.

Photos by Troutnut from Mystery Creek #186 in Alaska

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Big Arctic grayling eating a Drunella doddsii mayfly dun.

StateAlaska

Date TakenJul 30, 2015

Date AddedAug 3, 2015

AuthorTroutnut

Cameraunknown

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Crepuscular	August 3rd, 2015, 7:12 am
Boiling Springs, PA Posts: 923	Wow Jason what a wonderful photo! Thanks for posting. So was that fish rising steadily and you just got it perfect or what?

Falsifly	August 3rd, 2015, 8:49 am
Hayward, WI. Posts: 661	Jason, I hope you have considered the potential contained in that photo.
	Falsifly When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."

Martinlf	August 3rd, 2015, 9:20 am
Moderator Palmyra PA Posts: 3233	I hope the next thing that fish ate was your fly! Cool photo!
	"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell

PaulRoberts	August 3rd, 2015, 10:55 am
Colorado Posts: 1776	Very cool shot, Jason.

MiltRPowell	August 3rd, 2015, 11:50 am
Posts: 106	Thanks for that photo. You have a way of capturing moments in nature that many of us cannot get to see. I really enjoy this site, info, photos, opinions, & more. Find the site, very eye opening, there 2 very hard 2 explain. But keep it up, the sky is your limit, your work in your field, be your palate. Thanks, Milt.....
	flyfishingthecreekM.R.P.

Lastchance	August 3rd, 2015, 6:01 pm
Portage, PA Posts: 437	To say the least, that is awesome!

Steps25	August 3rd, 2015, 10:05 pm
Connecticut Posts: 31	Beautiful!
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Jmd123	August 4th, 2015, 12:01 am
Oscoda, MI Posts: 2611	Nice shot Jason!! You been catching many lately? Or too busy with summer research? Jonathon
	No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...

Troutnut	August 4th, 2015, 3:00 am
Administrator Bellevue, WA Posts: 2737	I've been catching lots of them both for research and on breaks during research trips. Each data set consists of a few hours of video recording of the fish, concurrent with drift sampling, followed by diet sampling. While the cameras are rolling, we often have time to go off somewhere downstream to do some fishing without disturbing our data fish. And when the cameras are done rolling, I try to catch the same fish we were filming (and usually succeed) to pump their stomachs for comparison with model predictions. Anyway yes, I've caught several hundred grayling this year. :)
	Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D. Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

Oldredbarn	August 4th, 2015, 8:07 am
Novi, MI Posts: 2608	Wonderful Jason! Spence
	"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively "Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood

Jkeag	November 1st, 2015, 11:06 am
Posts: 1	Incredible photo of the Grayling taking the mayfly. Watched with amazement the film on Alaskan Field Work. Is the project scope posted someplace?

Troutnut	November 3rd, 2015, 3:07 am
Administrator Bellevue, WA Posts: 2737	Hi Jkeag, For more details on our research, see here: http://www.driftmodelproject.org/about-the-project/
	Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D. Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

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