FLY FISHING BLOG

Tackle Tips

These tips are meant as a guideline only. Most of you will have your favorite equipment and lures that you know work well. We have an excellent assortment of tackle at the lodge so if there's something that you are needing once you get up here, or have forgotten, don't worry. We probably have it!

NORTHERN PIKE

Flyrods

• 9 or 10 wt rods with WF floating lines.  Sink tips can be advantageous under certain conditions.

Flies

• Large streamers in a variety of patterns and colours, poppers and other topwater patterns can be a lot of fun at times.

ARcTIC GRAYLING

Flyrods

• 4 to 6 wt rods with floating line

Flies

• dry – Sizes 8 to 14 – mayfly, caddisfly and stonefly patterns, heavily hackled for fast water.  Foam patterns work well too.
• Wet – sizes 6 to 12 – Nymphs of the same species as well as streamers and soft hackle patterns.