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When I am in doubt, I use a spinner. One of the cheaper things I collect.
Thanks for the tip.When I lived in Nulato the Grayling were elusive. Finally caught one! I cut it open, and it had a bunch of little black water beetles in the stomach.
Next trip to Fairbanks I found some Mepps 0 spinners in black. Using an ultralight pole and 6-pound test the Grayling finally hit the fry pan with consistency.
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Sometimes spinners can change the whole situation.... I'll never forget the time it was opening day of king season on the Anchor River. If you've never been there, it used to be, (and may still be) a huge party the night before as hundreds would camp on the beach down there the night before. I managed to wake up early after very little sleep with my two little kids and all the noise. Other than a few serious anglers most were still sleeping because they were up all-night drinking and making noise. I walked over to the river- tide was up and it was calm and quiet. Only a few fishermen were sitting in chairs along the river soaking eggs, but nothing was happening. The kings were in so thick I could see their big wakes as they swam upstream, yet nobody was catching anything. I walked back up grabbed my spinning rod and put on a fairly big "T-spoon" spinner. I walked upstream a few yards of the last person sitting in a chair and tossed it out....WHAM! first cast, a 30#er hammered that thing and I brought him to shore. I managed to wake my hung over brother-in-law up that was up visiting, gave him a pole and handed him another T-spoon. After about 2 or 3 casts another big king hammered his, but, being not much of a fisherman, his line broke at the knot he tied on. So, I happened to have one more T-spoon but this time I tied it on, set the drag, and handed the pole back to him. Yet again, after only a few more casts believe it or not he got another chance and this time managed to land it.... another big bright native Anchor River king. What I still don't understand was that the people sitting there could plainly see what we had caught them on, but nobody changed over, and nobody caught anymore kings. I thought that odd as surely somebody must have had a spinner in their tacklebox.
Some people are fishermen. Some people fish.
