Fishing at Skanse's 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.

 

Our trips run Saturday to Saturday. Clients will arrive at the lodge around 2:pm on a Saturday and depart the following Saturday at 2:pm. Prices include, transportation to and from Whitehorse, all meals, daily house keeping, guides, and use of fishing gear. (This includes lures/flies)

 

All 5 trips are fully guided with one guide per two anglers. We also offer one guide per one angler trips please inquire if this interests you. We book only four clients per week.

 

David and his son James do all the guiding; combined they have over 25 years experience on these waters. Fly fishing is their passion and free one-on-one fly fishing lessons are available most evenings after supper.

 

Fishing Schedule:

  • Week 1 - June 9 - June 16, 2012
  • Week 2 - June 16 - June 23, 2012
  • Week 3 - June 23 - June 30, 2012
  • Week 4 - June 30 - July 7, 2012
  • Week 5 - July 7 - July 14, 2012
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:

  • $4,500 Cdn per person for 7 days
  • $2,250 Cdn 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. All of your fishing gear is included.
  • 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. Make checks payable to Grizzly Creek Lodge.
  • 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.