Muncho Lake

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Getting on our plane at Pitt Meadows in BC, heading to Fort Nelson
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This cool plane was in the hangar

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The smoke from wildfires carpeted the Rockies we were flying over for several hundred miles. This was the highest I’ve been in a prop plane with the exception of one C130 flight to Wake Island
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Landed in Fort Nelson for transfer to a van for a 2.5 hour ride on the Alaska Highway to Muncho Lake…caribou and black bears along the side of the road were spotted as we headed north
 
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While yesterday was clear, the fog and smoke found us this morning, altering our fly out plan for grayling…heading to a different location for bull trout & lake trout…leaving the 4 wt in the cabin & now bringing a 6 & 7 wt…
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To be continued…
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Camped along Muncho Lake on my way to the Yukon back in the early 90's - beautiful area. Good luck with your quest!!
 
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Hard to see in this photo, but while approaching to land, a cow moose was crossing the shallows

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While they were unloading the clients supplies for the week, we strung up a rod and tied on a small streamer…
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There was a small creek entering the lake by the cabin…one of several lake trout…
 
WOW!!! Thanks for sharing. A lot of great pics, but my favorite was the one of the end of the end of the Rocky Mountain range.
 
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The smoke cleared and the grayling program was back on…I heard about the epic grayling fishing beforehand…
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Unloaded the plane and transferred our gear into a small skiff to get around the lake…
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There was a small pour over from a bottleneck between two sections of the lake…this was supposed to be a grayling hotspot…but hardly any fish were around. No love on multiple dry fly changes, switched to small leeches and had two on & off, then several follows…a real head scratcher for me, since all of my grayling encounters usually meant the fish would crash anything that floats…
 
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Switched to another spot and picked up several grayling…all decent sized between 15”-18”…this spot had a small creek running into the lake…we repeated this several more times around the lake
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My buddy brought his euro rig and took a dozen in the stream…in one deep pool, I threw a small white leech and caught the biggest graying of the trip so far…solid 20”
 
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Amazing topography in that area of the world. The silence is deafening when stopped with the motor off just embracing what your eyes are capturing. Thanks for the ride along.
 
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Today was pike day…brought at least 40 to the net between 30”-36”, and a couple approaching 40”…while eating a shoreline lunch, I hooked a couple on a gurgler, and a few more on the boat throwing a 7wt…best explosive take going. We kept four between 6-8 lbs for fish and chips dinner. The majority was on my 8wt with sinking tip…black and red was the best color combo

I would have taken a few more pics of the bigger fish, but my phone died…apparently I took several videos of my butt while it was in my back pocket
 
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Today was a take it easy and rest the shoulder day, so no fly out. Drove up and hiked to the falls on the Smith River…threw a couple big streamers for the resident bull trout, but no love…downsized flies and caught a dozen small grayling and two small bull trout
 
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