Fishing at Grizzly Creek Lodge

At Grizzly Creek Lodge we fish for Lake trout, Arctic grayling and Northern pike. We are catch-and-release only except those we keep for shore lunches. We normally just measure the length of the fish in the water and release them without too much handling. We are also a barbless hook camp and have found that very few fish are lost because of this. As you can see by the photo albums we do allow guests to weigh their fish and get pictures but 90% are never handled.

Both of the main lakes we fish (lower and upper Toobally Lakes) have lots of large shoals or reefs in the middle of the lakes where the water gets very shallow (3 to 7 feet). This is great for fly fishing Lake trout in early June as the fish are up there feeding. In late June and early July the Lake trout move off these shoals into deeper water and the Northern pike move onto them.

We also have a hike-in lake that has Northern pike only (large ones, 20+ pounds) - Jacks Lake is a moderate 45-minute hike. In 2009 we are opening up 2 new hike-in lakes. We also fish the lower Smith River below the lower lake (excellent for fly fishing grayling) and the upper Smith between the 2 lakes.

Fishing guests will see and fish both lakes and lodges. We normally spend 2 or 3 days out of each week at the upper lake depending on the wishes of the guests.

Fishing licences are sold at the lodge, as are flies and some lures. We find that many of our guests who arrive as spinners discover the pleasure of flyfishing, and encourage everyone to give it a try.

Fishing Schedule:

• Week 1 - June 9 - June 16, 2009
• Week 2 - June 16 - June 23, 2009
• Week 3 - June 23 - June 30, 2009
• Week 4 - June 30 - July 7, 2009

All groups fly into camp the evening of the first day and depart on the evening of the last day, on the same plane the next group flies in on.

Rates:

• $4,900 Cdn + 5% GST per person for 7 days
• $2,450 Cdn + 5% GST for children under 16 years of age.
• These rates include everything except your fishing licence and hotel expenses before and after departure for the lodge.
• Prices are in Canadian dollars - to convert to your currency, click here. Prices do not include 5% GST.
• A deposit of 50% is required to confirm a booking, with the balance due on May 1st.
• Trip deposits are nonrefundable, but they are transferable to another person or another trip date (if available) with Grizzly Creek Lodge within 24 months. Should you need to cancel your booking after you have made full payment we will refund 50% of trip price 60 or more days before trip starts and 25% of trip price 30 days or less before trip start date.
• Grizzly Creek Lodge provides one of the best experiences in the Yukon Territory and backs it up with a money back guarantee if you are not completely satisfied.

Suggested Fishing Gear: (see the Gear page for other suggestions)

• Spinning gear:
  - 1 medium wt spinning rod with 12 lb test.
  - 1 ultra light spinning rod with 6 lb test
• Fly rod: 5 to 8 wt. with floating and sinking line.

Lake Trout

• 1 oz dare devils (5 of diamonds is always good)
• Reef runners/shad raps/rapalas
• Storm rubber fish are also good
• popular flies: leeches/imitation mice/streamers are all good

Northern Pike

• all the lures for lake trout will work but add some 30lb steel leaders for spincasting, 30 to 80 lb mono for fly fishing.

Arctic Grayling

• 1/8th oz panther martins (all colors)
• Mepps (all colors)
• best flies are elk hair caddis, black nats.

For all of your fishing gear needs, we highly recommend Sports North in Whitehorse. The owner, Glenn Babala, knows Yukon fishing and can outfit you properly.
408 Baxter Street
Whitehorse, YT   Y1A 2T5
Phone 1-867-667-7492
Fax: 1-867-668-4367
Click here to email Sports North