Fishing Fly Lake in Haines Junction, Yukon

• Overview

  Haines Junction in Yukon is where Fly Lake sits. What surrounds it is northern bush. It measures about 19 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. About 2.0 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Most waters listed here for Haines Junction are larger. Whitehorse lies 168 km from the water. It is 634 km to Anchorage, the nearest city. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Fly Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Haines Junction cover Arctic grayling, northern pike, lake trout and Dolly Varden. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Fly Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 10°C and January reads -19°C. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. The lid usually goes in late May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Ice usually gives way near late May, and forms again about mid October. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Plan any trip to Fly Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Hayden Lake is 2.1 km distant. Rules at Fly Lake are worth checking on the day.