Alaska Fly Fish News

	ARCTIC GRAYLING Grayling may be as long as 30 inches and weigh as much as 6 pounds with an average life span of 7 years, but some can live up to 22 years old. The State angling record is 4 lbs, 13 oz. They are identified by the large dark dorsal fin and are bluish-black back with dark stripes along their silvery sides. Grayling are common throughout Alaska's deep rivers, streams and lakes. They stay mainly in deep clear water and spawn between mid-May through mid-June after they reach maturity at age 4. Females lay around 1,700 to 14,000 eggs.

ARCTIC GRAYLING

Grayling may be as long as 30 inches and weigh as much as 6 pounds with an average life span of 7 years, but some can live up to 22 years old. The State angling record is 4 lbs, 13 oz. They are identified by the large dark dorsal fin and are bluish-black back with dark stripes along their silvery sides. Grayling are common throughout Alaska's deep rivers, streams and lakes. They stay mainly in deep clear water and spawn between mid-May through mid-June after they reach maturity at age 4. Females lay around 1,700 to 14,000 eggs.